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School Is Out
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Gary "U.S." Bonds
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(written by Anderson, Barge, Guida and Royster--
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Anderson was Bonds' real name)
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(see more notes below)
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A-one, a-two, a-one two three four
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No more books and studies
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And I can stay out late with my buddies
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I can do the things that I want to do
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'Cause all my exams are through
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I can root for the Yankees from the bleachers
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And don't have to worry 'bout teachers
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I'm so glad that school is out
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I could sing and shout!
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CHORUS:
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(School is out)
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Everybody's gonna have some fun
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(School is out)
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Everybody's gonna jump and run
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(School is out)
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Come on people don't you be late
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(School is out)
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I just got time to take my girl out on a date
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School is out at last
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And I'm so glad I passed
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So everybody come and go with me
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We're gonna have a night with Daddy G
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Go Daddy!!
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(Sax solo, including the words:)
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That's great!
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Let's celebrate!
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With a little bit of soul now!
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Oh yeah!
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The party's here!
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CHORUS
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(Sax solo)
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Fade on chorus
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One of my favorite themes of top 40 music is the concept of the "sound-alike"
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follow-up to a big hit. Gary "U.S." Bonds was the king of this in 1961. His
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first hit was "Quarter To Three" which was based on an earlier instrumental
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tune by his band, "A Night With Daddy G" by The Church Street Five (both of
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which are mentioned in the words to the song). He then followed this up with
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"School Is Out" which also mentioned a night with Daddy G and had the same
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"a-1-2-3-4" countdown intro. The natural follow-up was then released,
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"School Is In", which was the third hit in a row to have the shout, "Go
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Daddy!" right before the sax solo by Gene "Daddy G" Barge (as well as
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"a-1-2-3-4", again). Funny--"School is Out" was released in late summer
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1961, long after school let out for vacation, and was still going strong on
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the charts well into September when "School Is In" was released (but it
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didn't peak on the charts till later in the fall, long after school was back
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in session). The final song in this Gary "U. S." Bonds progression didn't
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have anything to do with Daddy G or school, but it did take advantage of the
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late fall of 1961's nationwide fad, the twist. "Dear Lady Twist" had
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essentially the same chords and tune as "School Is In."
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Okay, here are the words to "School Is Out"
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School Is Out
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| Gary US Bonds |
