The name game!

    Shirley! Shirley, Shirley bo Birley
    Banana fanna fo Firley.
    Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!

    Lincoln! Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln
    Banana fanna fo Fincoln
    Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!

    Come on everybody!
    I say now let's play a game!
    I betcha I can make a rhyme
    out of anybody's name

    The first letter of the name
    I treat it like it wasn't there
    But a "B" or an "F"
    or an "M" will appear

    And then I say: "Bo" add a "B"
    then I say the name
    Then "Banana fanna" and a "fo"

    And then I say the name again
    with an "F" very plain
    and a "fee fy" and a "mo"

    And then I say the name again
    with an "M" this time
    And there isn't any name that I can't rhyme

    Arnold! Arnold, Arnold bo Bar-nold
    Banana fanna fo Farnold
    Fee fy mo Mar-mold. Arnold!

    But if the first two letters are ever the same
    I drop them both, then say the name
    Like:

    Bob! Bob, drop the "B's", Bo-ob
    For Fred, Fred, drop the "F's", Fo-red
    For Mary, Mary, drop the "M's", Mo-ary
    That's the only rule that is contrary

    OK, now say "Bo" ("Bo")
    Now Tony with a "B" ("Bony")
    Then "Banana fanna fo" ("Banana fanna fo")

    And then I say the name again
    with an "f" very plain ("Fony")
    Then "a fee fy and a mo" ("Fee fy mo")

    And then I say the name again
    with an "M" this time ("Mony")
    And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

    Everybody do Tony!

    Tony, Tony, bo Bony
    Banana fanna, fo Foney
    Fee fi mo Mony, Tony!

    Let's do Billy!

    Billy, Billy, bo Billy
    Banana fanna fo Filly
    Fee fy mo Milly, Billy!

    Let's do Marsha!

    Marsha, Marsha, bo Barsha
    Banana fanna, fo Farsha
    Fee fi mo Arsha, Marsha!

    Little trick with Nick!
    Nick, Nick, bo Bick
    Banana Fanna fo Fick
    Fee fi mo Mick. Nick!

    The name game

Songwriters: Lincoln Chase / Shirley Ellis
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