Now lets hear the story of Bo Diddley   And the Rock n Roll scene in general   Bo Diddley was born Ellas McDaniels   In a place called McComb, Missississipi about 1926   He moved to Chicago about 1938   Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley   He practiced the guitar everyday and sometimes into the night    Till his papa's hair began to turn white   His Pa said "Son, listen hear, I know    You can stay but that guitar has just got to go"   So he pulled his hat down over his eyes    Headed on out for them Western Skies   I think Bob Dylan said that   He hit New York City   He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem   Good scene there everybody raving   One day, one night, came a Cadillac, four head lights   Came a man with a big, long, fat, cigar said,    "C'mere son, I'm gonna make you a star"   Bo Diddley said, "Uh..whats in it for me?"   Man said, "Shut your mouth son,    play your guitar and you just wait and see"   Well, that boy made it, he made it real big    And so did the rest of the rock n roll scene along with him   And a white guy named Johnny Otis took Bo Diddleys rhythm    He changed it into hand-jive and it went like this   In a little old country town one day   A little old country band began to play   Add two guirtars and a beat up saxophone   When the drummer said, boy, those cats begin to roam   Oh baby oh we oh oh   Ooh la la that rock and roll   Ya hear me oh we oh oh    Ooh la la that rock and roll   Then in the U.S. music scene there was big changes made   Due to circumstances beyond our control such as payola   The rock n roll scene died after two years of solid rock   And you got discs like, ah...   Take good care of my baby   Please don't ever make her blue and so forth   About, ah, one year later in a place called Liverpool in England   Four young lads with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like, ah...   It's been a hard days night and I've been working like a dog and so on   In a place called Richmond in Surrey, whay down in the deep south   They got guys with long hair down their back singing   I wanna be your lover baby I wanna be your man yeah and all that jazz   Now we been doing this number of Bo Diddley for quite some time now   Bo Diddley visited this country last year   We were playing at the Club A Gogo in Newcastle, our home town   And the doors opened one night and to our surprise    Walked in the man himself, Bo Diddley   Along with him was Jerome Green, his maraca man,    And the Duchess, his gorgeous sister   And a we were doing this number    Along with them came the Rolling Stones, the Mersey Beats,    They're all standing around diggin' it   And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'   He turned around to Jerone Green    And he said, "Hey, Jerome? What do you think these guys    Doin' our..our material?"   Jerome said, "Uh, where's the bar, man? Please show me to the bar..."   He turned around the Duchess    And he said, "Hey Duch...what do you think of these young guys    Doin' our material?"   She said, "I don't know. I only came across here    To see the changin' of the guards and all that jazz."   Well, Bo Diddley looked up at me and he said,   With half closed eyes and a smile,   He said "Man," took off his glasses,    He said, "Man, that sure is the biggest load of rubbish    I ever heard in my life..."   Oh Bo Diddley   Yeah Bo Diddley   Oh Bo Diddley   Yeah Bo Diddley   Yeah Bo Diddley   Yeah Bo Diddley   Oh Biddley   Yeah Bo Diddley