Hey, Schoolgirl

Album

Two Teenagers: The Singles 1957–1961

Label

Big

Genre

Rock & Roll

Composer(s)

Art Garfunkel;Paul Simon

Entered Chart

Dec 23, 1957

Peak Date

Jan 6, 1958

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Big 613

B-Side

Dancin' Wild

Tom & Jerry are Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. This was the name they used when the childhood friends and classmates first performed together as high school juniors. During the late '50s they released several singles under that name, this being the first of them which reached #49 on the Billboard singles chart in 1957. They made just 5 studio albums before breaking up in 1970, although Paul Simon had several hits as a solo artist. Simon & Garfunkel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. >> Paul Simon's father, Lou, was a college professor, double-bass player, and dance bandleader who performed under the name "Lee Sims." This song features Lou on bass.

Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin' over
So I got to whisper way down low
To say, "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, let's meet
After school at three."

She said, "Hey, babe, but there is one thing more
My school is over at half past four
Maybe when we're older then we can date
O - oh, let's wait!"
Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin' over
So I got to whisper way down low
To say, "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, let's meet
After school at three."

She said, "Hey, babe, I gotta lot to do,
It takes me hours till my homework's through,
Someday we'll go steady, so don't you fret.
O - oh, not yet!"
Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin' over
So I got to whisper way down low
To say, "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, let's meet
After school at three."

Then she turned around to me
With that gleam in her eye
She said, "I'm sorry if I passed you by,
I'm gonna skip my homework
Gonna cut my class,
Bug out of here real fast."

Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
Now we're going steady,
Hear the words that I want you to know
Well it's "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, you're mine,
I knew it all the time."
Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, hah, you're mine