Rockin' Robin

Album: Got To Be There (1972)
Charted: 3 2
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  • Tweedily-deedily-dee, tweedily-deedily-dee
    Tweedily-deedily dee, tweedily-deedily-dee
    Tweedily-deedily dee, tweedily-deedily-dee
    Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet

    He rocks in the treetops all day long
    Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singin' his song
    All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
    Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

    Rockin' robin, rock, rock
    Rockin' robin
    Blow, rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight

    Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
    Every little bird in the tall oak tree
    The wise old owl, the big black crow
    Flappin' their wings singin', "Go, bird, go"

    Rockin' robin, rock, rock
    Rockin' robin
    Blow, rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight

    Yeah, yeah

    Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
    Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
    They started goin' steady and a-bless my soul
    He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

    He rocks in the treetops all day long
    Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singin' his song
    All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
    Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

    Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily-dee), rock, rock
    Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily-dee)
    Blow, rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight

    Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
    Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
    Started goin' steady and a-bless my soul
    He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

    He rocks in the tree tops all day long
    Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singin' his song
    All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
    Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

    Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily-dee), rock, rock
    Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily-dee)
    Blow, rockin' robin, 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight

    Tweedily-deedily-dee, tweedily-deedily-dee
    Tweedily-deedily-dee, tweedily-deedily-dee
    Tweedily-deedily-dee, tweedily-deedily-dee
    Tweet, tweet Writer/s: Jimmie Thomas
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 1st 1972, Michael Jackson performed "Rockin' Robin" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Four months earlier on March 5th, 1972 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #68; and on April 16th, 1972 it peaked at #2 (for 2 weeks) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    It also reached #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles chart...
    As already stated the original version of the song was released by Bobby Day in 1958; and it also peaked at #2 on the Top 100 (was released on the 'Class' record label, and in the label it was titled as "Rock-In Robin")...
    The 2 weeks that Michael's version was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack...
    R.I.P. to The King of Pop (1958 - 2009).
  • Bob from Orlando, MaCool song I played for my 3rd girlfriend
  • Keith from Slc, UtThis hit about the same time that Donny Osmond's cover of "Puppy Love" was also a hit, prompting jocks to demand "no more animal songs until they hire someone to clean the floors in the studio."
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