Improved a little from the 2014 version given in Ben’s memoir, page 359.
Music and lyrics copyright 1983, 2014, 2018 by Ben Gadd, with apologies to Chubby Checker. Capo three frets up and play as if in key of C.
Spoken
Am Em
The story you are about to hear … is true.
Am Em
These events took place in Jasper National Park in the summer … of 1983.
1.
C F
Oh beware, oh take care
C G
Don’t you go do your doo-doo there
C C7 F
You better hide to have your shit
C G C
‘Cause the human beings are stealing it
Chorus
D7
Doo-doo-dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo-dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C
Doo-doo-dee-yoo-dee-doo doo
2.
C F
There’s a guy, new in town
C G
Following the mountain goats around
C C7 F
Deer and elk and bighorns, too
C G C
He’s picking up the poop from the caribou
D7
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo doo
3.
C F
It’s all for science, don’t you see
C G
The national park is his lava’try …
Interruption, spoken “That would be laboratory, Ben [or whoever is singing].”
Singer responds “Bit of both, actually.”
C C7 F
I kid you not, this is true
C G C
The name of the guy is … Glen Pugh
D7
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo doo
4.
C F
The other day I heard him say
C G
“Looks like a wolverine came this way!”
C C7 F
Off he goes, hurrying a bit
C G C
Comes back with a bag and a turd in it
D7
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo doo
5.
Sing this verse to the tune of “Let’s Twist Again,” by Chubby Checker
G C Am
C’mon, let’s twist the end, like we did last summer
F G
Yeah, let’s twist the end, like we did last year
C Am
Let’s twist the end, pop it out the bummer
F G C
So Glen can’t tell . . . if it’s elk or it’s deer
D7
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo doo
6.
C F
To store his collection just like rocks
C G
The carpenters built him a ca-ca box
C C7 F
Little drawers go in and out
C G C
and there’s even a clothespin for his snout
D7
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo doo
7.
C F
Summer finally came to an end
C G
And that was the last we saw of Glen
C C7 F
He packed his crap and his family, too
C G C
And they went back home to Water-loo
Coda, spoken
Am
But rumor has it
Em
that Glen will be back
Am
To prove his theory
Em
and establish the fact
Am
That one can tell
Em
the droppings of goats
Am
From those of sheep
Em
by taking notes
Am
On the exit speed
Em
and direction of spin
F
Sung Of these alimentary particles
G C
And the critter they were in
D7
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
F
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo
G7 C, followed by C 7th
Doo-doo dee-yoo-dee-doo DOO
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