MY BOY FLAT TOP
(Boyd Bennett / John Young)


Boyd Bennett & His Rockets (vocal: Big Moe) - 1955
Dorothy Collins - 1955
Frankie Vaughan - 1956
Brownsville Station - 1970




Gather round you chicks of seventeen
My boy, Flat Top is really on the beam


He's young and strong, his top is flat
Cool haircut, never wears a hat
I don't mean maybe, he's a real hep cat
My boy, Flat Top


Big broad shoulders, man, they're pips
Dreamy eyes, really crazy lips
When he shouts, "Hey baby!"
Well, the girls they flip
My boy, Flat Top


I'm tellin' you that snazzy guy
Really sends you, my, oh, my
He's the most, the dreamers goal
You oughta see him rock an' roll


Got no dough, but just a nod
Gets the girls, though it may seem odd
He's a real smooth lover in his old hot rod
My boy, Flat Top


(Instrumental Break)


Young and strong, his top is flat
Cool haircut, never wears a hat
I don't mean maybe, he's a real hep cat
My boy, Flat Top


Big broad shoulders, man, they're pips
Dreamy eyes, really crazy lips
When he shouts, "Hey baby!"
Well, the girls they flip
My boy, Flat Top


I'm tellin you that snazzy guy
Really sends you, my, oh, my
He's the most, the dreamers goal
You oughta see him rock an' roll


Got no dough, but just a nod
Gets the girls, though it may seem odd
He's a real smooth lover in his old hot rod
My boy, Flat Top


(Instrumental Break)


You oughta see him rock an' roll


Got no dough, but just a nod
Gets the girls, though it may seem odd
He's a real smooth lover in his old hot rod
My boy, Flat Top


My boy, Flat Top!






(Transcribed from the Frankie Vaughan 
recording by Mel Priddle - November 2006)




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As recorded by DOROTHY COLLINS:




Hey, Mister Flat Top!


Young and strong, his top is flat
A cool haircut and never wears a hat
I don't mean maybe, he's a real hep cat
My boy, Flat Top


Big broad shoulders, man, they're pips
Dreamy eyes with a crazy lip
When he shouts, "Hey baby!"
Well, the girls they flip
My boy, Flat Top


I'm tellin' you that snazzy guy
Really sends me, my, oh, my
He's the most, the dreamers goal
You ought to see him rock and roll


Got no dough, but just a nod
Will get the girls, though it may seem odd
A real cool lover in his old hot rod
My boy, flat top


[Instrumental Break]


Young and strong, his top is flat
Got a cool haircut, no hat
I don't mean maybe, he's a real hep cat
(Her lover boy, Flat Top)


Big broad shoulders, man, they're pips
Got dreamy eyes, crazy lips
When he shouts, "Hey baby!"
The girls they flip
(Her lover boy, Flat Top)


I'm tellin' you that snazzy guy
Really sends you my oh, my
He's the most, the dreamers goal
You ought to see him rock and roll


Got no dough, but just a nod
Will get the girls, though it may seem odd
A real cool lover in his old hot rod
My boy (Her boy)
Who's boy (Your boy)
Oh! Boy (Boy, oh, boy)
Flat Top!




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