Sunday, November 9, 2008

Do, dee do, ........

"Do, dee do, do wha wha wha. Dodley do dee do do wha wha wha."

Can anyone translate....?
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5 comments:

Gordon said...

This is a musical rendition of Brother Elmo Griffith's facial features. This means absolutely nothing unless you know the actions corresponding to words of this song. To catch the meaning of this little ditty, one must know the features of Elmo's head. Elmo had one of the unique hair styles of our day. First, the sides were long and combed straight back and then curving toward the neck in a circular shape. the middle of the hair was cut about one inch in length and combed toward the forehead. Adding to the mystique was Elmo's large, downward sloping nose. The song was sung with actions describing these features. The first "Do" was indicated by bringing both hands back along the side of the head. While singing "dee do", the right hand made a motion down the denter of the head from pate to forehead. From there the right thumb and fingers grasped the nose in a downward motion three times, each time singing the word "Wha". Next left and right forefingers made a circular motion above the temple and behind the ears while singing "doodley doodley do do". Finally, the song ended with ther right hand grasping the nose again in a downard motion three times while singing "wha Wha Wha". That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

November 9, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Dean Strong said...

Gordon has it right. I remember the day we got sick on boullion cubes (green beans have a certain significance) and we went down to "Reid's Rook" to get a bottle of pop to settle our stomachs. The sprinklers were on in the park and we couldn't resist getting a little bit wet. Gordon got his hair wet and made up the song with it's corresponding actions. Long Live Elmo Griffith.

November 10, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Kendell said...

What story was Mom reading to us, that made us want to eat bouillon cubs?

November 10, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Dean Strong said...

Mom had a book called "L.D.S. Adventure Stories" and a few of the stories involved people surviving on boullion cubes. We barely survived eating the dang things.

November 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Gordon said...

Carrying the survival theme one step further, it was Elmo Griffith's truck that ended the survival of the Hoggan's dog, Ceasar

November 11, 2008 at 4:39 PM

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