Friday March 27, 2020 “Do Wah Diddy” Manfred Mann

Friday and it’s a good day for something stoopid so here you go, Do Wah Diddy by Manfred Mann. Is it relevant, nope, is it meaningful, nope, is it serious, absolutely not. But the joy of this little tune is that you feel compelled to sing along and even if you don’t know the other twelve words in the song, you’ve got the chorus so go ahead and in unison let’s all start do wah diddying, each of the nine times it appears in the song. As usual the lyrics are below in case you have forgotten them.

There actually was a Manfred Mann although the lead singing on this tune was managed by Paul Jones (not the Led Zeppelin one), who reportedly passed on an invitation to join as lead singer of a group being formed by Keith Richards and Brian Jones. Another guy named Jagger said yes and that group did OK, but they were no Manfred Mann. Other interesting trivia, members of Manfred Mann (and his Earth Band) included Jack Bruce (Cream), Mike D’abo (composer of Build Me Up Buttercup and other songs), and Klaus Voorman (Beatles, James Taylor, and so many others).

Enjoy their misuse of the Kings English…I knew we was falling in love.

Be well and stay happy.

E A E

There she was
Just a-walkin' down the street
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do
Poppin' her fingers
And shufflin' her feet
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

E B

She looked good
She looked fine
She looked fine
And I nearly lost my mind

E A E

Before I knew it
She was walkin' next to me
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do
Holding my hand
Just as natural as can be
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

E B

We walked on
To my door
We walked on to my door
Then we kissed more

E C#m A B7

I knew we was falling in love, yes I did
So I told her all the things
That I'd been dreamin' of
Now we're together

E A E

Nearly every single day
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do
We're so happy
And that how we're gonna stay
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

E B

I'm hers
She's mine
Well I'm hers, she's mine
Wedding bells chime

E C#m A B7

I knew we were falling in love
I told her all the things
That I'd been dreamin' of

E A E

We're together
Nearly every single day
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do
And we're so happy
And that how we're gonna stay
Singin' Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

E B

I'm hers
She's mine
I'm hers, she's mine
Wedding bells chime

E A E

Do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do