Hey bop
Posted by R. Berg on January 07, 2002 at
In Reply to: Hey up a ree ... posted by ESC on January 07, 2002
: : I'm translating a documentary.
:
: It says sth. about American women soldiers of WWII.
: : Then a woman interviewed
recalled the days when they were drilling and marching. She cried,
: : "Hey
up a ree bup a ree bay a left..."
: : My question is, what's it?
: : Are
they the sounds cried by a drill instructor? You know those "ree", "bup" "bay"
just can't be found in a dictionary.
: : Thank you for your help.
: It might
have to do with this "bop" song. I couldn't find the lyrics. This is from an online
source:
: Lionel Hampton had made a record called "Hey Baba Ree Bop" and everybody
yelled it and it was when Lionel would jump in the audience and whale his saxophone
at everybody with sweat, claps, jumping fools in the aisles, the drummer booming
and belaboring on his stage as the whole theater rocked..."Skidilibee-la-bee you,
-oo, -e bop she bam, ske too ria--Parasakiliaoolza--menooriastibatiolyait -oon
ya koo."
"Hey bop a ree bop a room bam boo," or something close to that, is a series of nonsense syllables used as part of a song. It doesn't mean anything in English.
- Hey bop Jim 01/09/02