The True Lyrics to Louie Louie

Here for the first time ever are the true lyrics to The Kingsmen's version of the song Louie Louie
(transcribed by me)...now with annotations for the corrections

Edit...

@0:36 seconds...change to (me) sail that ship
@0:39 seconds...change to me never think how
@0:54 seconds...change to oh baby said (a) we
@1:04...change to: think of girl, ah, constantly
@2:17 ..change to I('ll) tell her I'll
@2:17...change to "leave again", (no 'you')
@2:37...change to I said me gotta go now
@2:42...change to 'lets hustle on...'

Big thanks to lewgalati for the edits at 0:36,0:39 and 2:37
anUHkins for the 2nd edit at 2:17 and SirGhostly and Jack Ely himself for the edit at 1:04


with all the edits, here are the lyrics...

Louie Louie
___________

a Louie Louie
oh no, said we gotta go
yeah yeah yeah yeah
y'a said a Louie Louie
oh baby
said we gotta go

a fine little girl, she waitin' for me
(me) catch a ship, across the sea
(me) sail that ship ah all alone
me never think how I'll make it home

a Louie Louie
yeah nah nah now
said we gotta go
oh no, said Louie Louie
oh baby said (a) we gotta go

(agh)...(or, possibly, F&^%!)

three nights and days I sailed the sea
(me) think of girl, ah, constantly
ah on that ship I dream she there
I smell the rose ah in her hair

a Louie Louie
woh no, said we gotta go
yeah yeah yeah yeah
y'a said a Louie Louie
oh baby
said we gotta go

ok lets give it to 'em right now!


me see

me see Jamaica a moon above
it won't be long me see me love
(me) take her in my arms again
I('ll) tell her, "I'll never leave again"

a Louie Louie
oh no, said we gotta go

yeah yeah yeah yeah
y'a said a Louie Louie
woh baby
said we gotta go

I said me gotta go now

lets hustle on outta here

lets go!

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[jpmeduna]

I was curious what software was used to make this video? Thanks!

[ibji]

@jpmeduna

hi, i used windows movie maker on windows xp

[velenjak4ever]

Around 2.20  ".....(me) take her in my arms again

I('ll) tell her, "I'll never leave again"

To me he sings:

"...(me) take her in my arms again

now I tell her, I´ll never leave a girl"

This makes more sense since the story goes that Louie sits in a bar talking to the bartender.

[ibji]

@velenjak4ever

On the original Richard Berry version, he can clearly be heard saying "again" and not "a girl"...so....OBJECTION OVERRULED!

[BatmanOneOhOne]

I don't know how much of it is true, but the story behind this recording is amazing. Apparently they thought it was just a rehearsal, and not an actual take. The microphone was apparently mounted so high that the singer had to stand on his toes to reach it. The best is when he comes in too early after the solo. The last detail of the legend, of course, is that they were all hungover from partying. Again, I don't know if it's true, but it's a great story.

[MadSpectro7]

@CosplayAyane Yet one of the best.

[grahambo7]

the drummer yells fuck! @0:57

[dustpetardo]

UNIVERSIDAD!

[bossmanham]

It's amazing how this is incomprehensible if you're just listening to it, but put the words to it and suddenly you're wondering how you didn't understand it.

[Notrends]

O_o in 0:58 someone screams "fuck"

[GAMEFanInTheAtic]

100 people will not see their Louie Louie again



[fishslayer4]

motorhead has done in my opinion , one of the best remakes of this classic.

[CosplayAyane]

the most overdone marching band song! xD

[MrMiniTako]

Today (Saturday) i had one hour of terrible terror math, a coaching lesson in school. And the way back home lasts 50 min.

Gues what i was hearing to forget this math lesson...

[reservoir123dogs]

I know how to play this :D