The original

From Coney Island’s 2008 Mermaid Parade

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The “Boots” commercial that brought the song back to life in the UK

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Here Come the Girls” was written and produced by Allen Toussaint. The Meters provided the funk.

From New Orleans to the UK to New York…

How often has the arc of popular culture traveled this way?

For example, did you know that the first song John Lennon ever learned to play on the guitar was Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame.”

Here are the CORRECT lyrics to “Here Come the Girls”…

There’s lots of laughably bad transcriptions out there. This may be only place on the Internet you can get them straight.

“Here Come The Girls” Lyrics

Chorus
Here come the Girls! (Girls, Girls, Girls-Girls)
Here come the Girls! (Girls, Girls, Girls-Girls)

Looking so good, its a doggone shame, that they couldn’t all be mine.
Looking so pretty, its a doggone pity – Oh! – you’re looking so fine. (Fine)

Look out brother. Let me get one, a little closer to the one I love.
Anything better than the opposite sex they must have kept it up above.

Chorus
Here come the Girls! (Girls, Girls, Girls-Girls)
Here come the Girls! (Girls, Girls, Girls-Girls)

I can live without coffee, I can live without tea.
And I’m living without the honeybee.
Now the Philly Steak,
I can leave or take,
but the girls are part of me!

And oh water.
I don’t need no lemonade.
But to live without girls,
I can’t live without girls,
It’s like a man with a hole in his head.

Chorus
Here come the Girls!
Here come the Girls!
Here come the Girls! (Girls, Girls, Girls-Girls)
Here come the Girls! (Girls, Girls, Girls-Girls)

Going out of my head, (Hey!)
While the foxes do their thing, (Hoo-hoo-hoo!)
You make me feel so good inside,
I got to jump up and sing! (Aaah!)

Naa, naa, naa, naa!
Naa, naa, naa!
Naa, naa, naa, naa!
Naa-naa-nana-na!
Naa, naa, naa, naa!
Naa, naa-nana, na!
Naa, naa, naa, naa!
Naa-naa-nana-na!

OOOOoooooooOOOHH!
I’m not saying I can live on love alone.
OOOOoooooooOOOHH!
But that’s the only thing that turn me on.
OOOOoooooooOOOHH!
I was born to be free just once!
Freedom of choice,
Ring that bell,
Give all the girls to me!

Chorus
Here come the Girls!
(Girls, Girls, Girls!)
Here come the Girls!
(Girls, Girls, Girls!)
Here come the girls!
(OOOOOOOHHHH! waaaah!)
Here come the girls!
(I don’t need…no lemonade!)
Here come the girls!
(girls!)
Here come the girls!

Here come the girls!

Here come the girls!

(I’m taking about them fine foxes)

Here come the girls!

(Oooh they really turn me on)

Here come the girls

(Repeats until fade)

— All in all, a very apt anthem for the Mermaid Parade