Wanda Jackson: "(Let's Have A) Party" Lyrics

Let's Have A Party

 Wanda Jackson with instrumental backup by Gene Vincent's Blue Caps.

 Written by Phil Baxter, Cliff Friend, and Joe Haymes

 

 Peaked at # 37 in 1960

 

 Some people like to rock, some people like to roll

 But movin' and a-groovin's gonna satisfy my soul

 Let's have a party

 Hoo, let's have a party

 Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more

 Let's have a party tonight

 

 I never kissed a bear, I never kissed a *`coon*

 But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room

 Let's have a party

 Hoo, let's have a party

 Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more

 Let's have a party tonight

 

 I never kissed a bear, I never kissed a goon (?)

 But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room

 Let's have a party

 Hoo, let's have a party

 Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more

 Let's have a party tonight

 

 Honky-Tonky' Joe is knockin' at the door

 Bring him in an' fill `im up an' sit `im on the floor

 Let's have a party

 Hoo, let's have a party

 Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more

 Let's have a party tonight

 

 The meat is on the stove, the bread's a-gettin' hot

 Everybody run, they got the `possum in the pot

 Let's have a party

 Hoo, let's have a party

 Well, send `im to the store Let's buy some more

 Let's have a party tonight

 

 Let's have a party tonight

 Let's have a party tonight

 FADE

 We're gonna have a party tonight

 

 TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The word "'coon" is a guess because it is really hard to

 understand. The word does have a long-O sound which is fairly close to rhyming

 with the subsequent "room". Plus there are 2 other animals mentioned, a bear

 and a `possum", so why not a raccoon, too?