FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
(Jerry Bresler / Larry Wynn)


Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 - 1943
Joe Jackson - 1981
Harvey & The Wallbangers - 1984
Chevalier Brothers (vocal: Ray Gelato) - 1985
Original London Cast (feat. in the show "5 Guys Named Moe") - 1991
Original Broadway Cast (feat. in the show "5 Guys Named Moe") - 1992
5 Guys Named Moe - 2001


Also recorded by: Ray Ellington Quartet; Chazz Cats.




I want to tell you a story from way back
Truck on down and dig me, Jack
There's Big Moe (Hoolee-adda-dah-dah)
Little Moe (Hoolee-adda-dah-dah)
Four-Eyed Moe (Hoolee-adda-dah-dah)
No Moe (Hoolee-adda-dah-dah)
Look at brother, look at brother, look at brother Eat Moe
Moe-Moe, Moe-Moe, Moe-Moe, Moe-Moe, Moe-Moe, Moe-Moe, Moe


Who's the greatest band around
Makes the cats jump up and down
Who's the talk of Rhythm Town
Five guys named Moe


When they start to beat it out
Everybody jump and shout
Tell me who do the critics rave about
Five guys named Moe


They came out of nowhere
And that don't mean a thing
They rate high and you'll know why
When you hear them swing


High brow, low brow, all agree
They're the best in harmony
I'm telling you folks, you really oughta see
Five guys named Moe


(Instrumental Break)


That one guy (Big Moe)
Two guys (Little Bitty Moe)
Three guys (Four-Eyed Moe)
Four guys (No Moe)
Five guys (Eat Moe)
Five little guys named Moe






(Transcribed from the Louis Jordan 
recording by Mel Priddle - July 2007)