Now listen here to the story of Bo Diddley The rock 'n roll scene in general Bo Diddley was born Ellis McDaniels In a place called McCoom In Mississippi about 1926 He moved to Chicago about 1938 Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley He practised the guitar every day and sometimes into the night 'till his papa's hair began to turn white His pa said "Son, listen here, I know" "You can stay but, uh, that guitar's just got to go" So he pulled his hat down over his eyes And headed on out for them western skies I think Bob Dylan said that He hit New York City He began to play the Apollo in Harlem Good scene there Everybody raved One day, one night Came a Cadillac, four headlights Came a man with a big long fat cigar He said "Come here son, I'm going to make you a star" Bo Diddley said "Uh, what's in it for me?" The man said "Uh, shut your mouth son and play the guitar" "and you just wait and see" Well, Bo 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 called Johnny Otis took Bo Diddley's rhythm And changed into hand jive And it went like this: In a little old country town one day A little old country man begin to play Had two guitars and a beat-up saxophone When the drummer said ??? those cats begin to ??? Oh baby, oooo we oh oh Oooo la la that rock 'n roll You hear me, oooo we oh oh Oooo la la that rock 'n roll Then 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 You got discs like, uh: Take good care of my baby