Floobie Doobie Doo
Composer(s): Shel Silverstein
Performer(s): Shel Silverstein



As I walked down to Bishop Street
I met a girl with a smile so sweet
Now she was young and pretty, too
And on a string, she walked 
With a thing called a Floobie Doobie Doo

Oh, a Floobie Doobie Doo 
Now what is that?
It ain't no dog and it ain't no cat
It's nine feet tall with eyes of blue
I never seen such a thing 
As a thing called a Floobie Doobie Doo

It had one tooth and five purple toes
Sixteen elbows and a twelve foot nose
You'll never see one in the zoo
I mean a thing like a thing
On a string called a Floobie Doobie Doo 

I told that girl "Lemme take you home ...
And maybe we can be alone" (Ha - ha, Ha - ha)
She said, "I'd love to go home with you
But I'd have to bring my thing 
On a string called a Floobie Doobie Doo"

Well, I took her home that very night
We talked a while and I dimmed the light
She cuddled close and the next thing I knew
Just as soon as it seen us
In between us jumped the Floobie Doobie Doo!

It stayed all night 
It stayed all year
I never got to hold her near
I said "Sweet Baby, I wanna cling to you
But you wanna cling to a thing 
On a string called a Floobie Doobie Doo"

Oh, a Floobie Doobie Doo
Now what is that?
It ain't no dog, it ain't no cow and it ain't no cat
It's nine feet tall with eyes of blue
You just can't swing with a thing 
On a string called a Floobie Doobie Doo

Well, she cried a cry
She wiped her eye
She said, "Farewell, so long, goodbye
For though I love you, yes I do
I can't reveal the love that 
I feel for the Floobie Doobie Doo!"

I never see her anymore
She never knocks upon my door
And every night alone and blue
I sit and I swing about a string on a thing
I mean I sit and I think about a swing on a thing
I mean I sit and I sing about a thing 
On a string called a Floobie Doobie Doo!