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Hoop-Dee-Doo
Words and Music by Frank Loesser and Milton Delugg - 1950
Number 3 on the Hit Parade in 1950, played for 11 weeks.
Verse:
F - - -
- - C7 -
- - - -
- - F -
- - - -
- F7 Bb -
- - F -            D7
Gm7 C7 F -
Chorus:
Bb - - -
- -        C#dim F7 -
Cm7 F7 Cm7 F7
Cm7 F7 Bb -
- - - -
Bb7 - Eb -
- - Bb G7
C7 F7 Bb C7
F       (transition) - - -
Partial Verse:
F - - -
- - C7 -
- - - -
- - F -
- - - -
- F7 Bb -
- - F -           D7
Ending:
Gm7 - F    E    Eb    D7 -
Gm7 Bb F -           D7
Gm7 C7 F -                 (end)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
The verse and ending are in the key of F, the chorus is in the key of Bb.
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Verse:
Hoop-dee-doo, hoop-dee-doo,
I hear a polka and my troubles are through!
Hoop dee doo, hoop-dee-dee,
This kind of music is like heaven to me!
Hoop-dee-doo, hoop-dee-doo,
It's got me higher than a kite!
Hand me down my soup and fish, I am gonna get my wish,
Hoop-dee-doin' it tonight!
 
Chorus:
When there's a banjo strumin' rah-ta-dah-dah-dah,
We get a thrill, we always will!
When there's an old accordion, stretching out a mile,
We always smile, 'cause that's the style!
When there's a fiddle in the middle and he plays the tune so sweet!
Plays the tune so sweet that I could die.
Lead me to the floor and hear me yell for more,
'Cause I'm a hoop-dee-doin' kind of guy!
(transition, no lyrics)
 
Partial Verse:
Hoop-dee-doo, hoop-dee-doo,
I hear a polka and my troubles are through!
Hoop-dee-doo, hoop-dee-dee,
This kind of music is like heaven to me!
Hoop-dee-doo, hoop-dee-doo,
It's got me higher than a kite!
Hand me down my soup and fish, I am gonna get my wish,
 
Ending:
Hoop-dee-doin' it with all of our might!
Rain may fall and snow may come, nothin's gonna stop us from,
Hoop-dee-doin' it tonight!
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Performer Links:
(webpage)
 
Listen to Frank Yankovic perform Hoop-Dee-Doo (mp3)
 
Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "Hoop-Dee-Doo" (mp3)
Vocal by Bill Oneil
 
Watch the San Francisco Medicine Ball Band perform "Hoop-Dee-Doo" (youtube)
Ken Clarke, Louis Stafferoni, Dave Marty, Jack Convery
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com