Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Yardbirds Lyrics

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Let's dance, little schoolgirl.
Let's dance, little schoolgirl.
Won't you let me take you to the hop, hop,
Have a party at the soda shop
So we can do the twist, do the stroll
To the music of the rock 'n' roll.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey hey hey hey. Hey, yeah.

Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Can I go home with you?
Won't you let me go home with you,
So I can hug, hug, squeeze, squeeze?
If you let me I can tease you baby.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey hey hey hey. Hey, yeah.

Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Can I go home with you?
Won't you let me go home with you?
Tell your mama and your papa that I love you.
Tell your sisters and your brother that I love you.

Hey, hey hey hey. Hey, hey hey hey.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey, hey hey hey.

Overall Meaning

The Yardbirds' song "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" is a classic blues song that uses double entendres to suggest a more sexual scenario than the innocent-sounding lyrics may first imply. The song's protagonist is a man who is attempting to make advances on a young schoolgirl, asking to go home with her and proposing playful physical actions like hugging and squeezing. The song also references dancing, partying, and the popular rock 'n' roll style of the time.

The lyrics of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" are framed in a classic blues structure, with the first line of each verse repeated twice before moving on to the next line. This creates a driving rhythm that is carried by the song's instrumentation, which features a catchy guitar riff and a steady drumbeat. The song's overall sound is upbeat and energetic, with a sense of joy and exuberance that is typical of rock 'n' roll music of the era.

Line by Line Meaning

Good morning, little schoolgirl.
The singer is greeting a young girl who is a student at a school.

Can I go home with you?
The singer is asking the girl if he can go home with her, implying that he is interested in her romantically.

Won't you let me go home with you, So I can hug, hug, squeeze, squeeze?
The singer is suggesting that if the girl lets him go home with her, he will engage in physical contact with her, likely of a sexual nature.

If you let me I can tease you baby.
The artist is promising the girl that he can provide her with teasing or flirtation if she allows him to come home with her.

Let's dance, little schoolgirl.
The artist is suggesting that he and the girl should dance together, possibly as a precursor to further physical contact or romance.

Won't you let me take you to the hop, hop, Have a party at the soda shop So we can do the twist, do the stroll To the music of the rock 'n' roll.
The singer is proposing that he take the girl out to a social event, such as a dance, in which they can dance together to popular music of the time.

Tell your mama and your papa that I love you. Tell your sisters and your brother that I love you.
The singer is expressing love for the girl to her entire family, implying that he wishes to be accepted by them and possibly pursue a serious relationship with her.

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@gilgamess

8y↑6

There is a lot of talk about this, so let me clarify a few things.

1. There are two songs called "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl". John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson recorded his song in 1937. The other song, first recorded by Don (Level) and Bob (Love) on Argo in 1961 shares a couple of lines with the SBW song, but it's a different song.

2. The Don and Bob song exists in two different versions: one has echo on the vocals, the other doesn't.

3. The Yardbirds seemed to have heard the "echo version", hence, "hug-hug", "squeeze-squeeze".

4. The versions of "Five Live Yardbirds" I've heard over the years had the studio version of GMLS. The Repertoire and Fuel 2000 reissues, so I've read, reassemble the concert at the Crawdaddy Club, which includes the live version; this, is the studio version.

For another great version of the Don and Bob song, Rod Stewart's is nice. He's backed by Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions.

@captainwalker4911

5y↑2

Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Can I go home with you?
Won't you let me go home with you,
So I can hug, hug, squeeze, squeeze?
If you let me I can tease you baby.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey hey hey hey. Hey, yeah.

Let's dance, little schoolgirl.
Let's dance, little schoolgirl.
Won't you let me take you to the hop, hop,
Have a party at the soda shop
So we can do the twist, do the stroll
To the music of the rock 'n' roll.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey hey hey hey. Hey, yeah.

Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Can I go home with you?
Won't you let me go home with you,
So I can hug, hug, squeeze, squeeze?
If you let me I can tease you baby.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey hey hey hey. Hey, yeah.

Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Good morning, little schoolgirl.
Can I go home with you?
Won't you let me go home with you?
Tell your mama and your papa that I love you.
Tell your sisters and your brother that I love you.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey, hey hey hey.
Hey, hey hey hey. Hey, hey hey hey.

All comments from YouTube:

@Susie196921

12y↑17

I can barely deal with today's music! Thank God for these classics!

@MrBGB2012

10y↑35

Eric Clapton at his absolute rockin' best! On one of his earliest recordings with THE YARDBIRDS,in 1964! He is indeed a true guitar legend!

@faisalmamy9326

Bryan Briggs bb

@markjones1337

50w

It's a catchy song, shame modern music is so base. Anyways, I read a great book couple of months back. Musical Truths ( I think there 2 or 3 volumes). But the first volume I read, wow, had a lot of the inside info on the 60s bands, stuff youdobt hear.

@davecooper5951

2y↑8

I think EC was only 19 when he played that solo. I'm still trying to get the right feel of those bends 57 yrs later !

@PlanetBabylon

3y↑12

Happy and unpretentious songs should become a trend again

@leonmydarling6648

5y↑13

A teeny bopper classic - but Clapton's guitar solo is sublime.

@LordKenebutch

Actually a cover of a old blues song done by many of the greats.

@owenevans4532

@John Kenebutch No your thinking of a very different song. This is a Don & Bob song originally.

@LordKenebutch

@Owen Evans Don & Bob? is it a British song?

@LordKenebutch

@Owen Evans I just found that version on You-tube, your right a old R & B song, I like it. thanks for informing me. 🙂

@ElvarMasson

@Owen Evans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning,_School_Girl

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@countrysinger1952

10y↑20

I used to listen to this every morning while getting ready for school :).

@Susie196921

10y↑19

Where did all the great bands go - they sure don't have bands like they used to! The Yardbirds rocked!

@ElComadreja777

10y↑7

Today they're too far removed from the original sources. That's why they don't rock.

@Brembelia

9y↑2

Susie196921 As Michael Lang (Woodstock) said, "The people have changed."

@robin2012ism

7y↑2

ElComadreja777 corporate rock helps kill it.

@wolfedavid3700

6y↑1

liberal calinornia sahit head democrats..........

@Brembelia

6y↑3

Too many commercial (corporate) managers got into things. Take the Beatles; they had a fabulous stripped down sound. Then it was decided to add walls of sound, brasses, swelling symphonies in the background and the music went south. I hated the Beatles after they got all fancy and I then started listening to the Yardbirds and the Stones; rough, raw, stripped down, and thoroughly appealing to the primal in us :D. You get these office businessmen who think their hot stuff and know everything and they want to make all music "commercially successful". For my money, they are CLUELESS and don't know when to leave a good thing alone. Even the Stones got very commercial after a while.... blahhhhhh!!! That's why it's good to have the old recording and listen to the REAL stuff!!! :D :D :D

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@anerig.6411

3y↑2

I listen today and always until the end.

@manuelgallardo7694

3y↑3

Rock n roll and college girls and mariguana!
Yes! 😎

@terrypussypower

1y↑2

Amazing! My favourite from 5 Live!

@wolfedavid3700

9y↑9

early Clapton still rocks after all these years.........................

@XXXEspio

too bad the man is a steaming shitbag in real life....

@MrLiasion

11y↑5

Dig Eric's lead here; short,precise, and tasty! 19 yrs old... much more to come from Eric; i adore this band; listen to five live Yardbirds!!

@user-if6jm1op5o

3y↑3

Blues guitar phrase of Eric Clapton.

@Susie196921

11y↑5

Love the band, love the song!

@Stephanjnj

11y↑8

This song was Clapton's first recorded vocal. He sings co-lead with Paul Samwell-Smith. Relf is on the track, playing harp and 3rd harmony on the choruses and backup during the guitar solo.

@hollies65

@Three Six Nine That is definitely Keith,

@hollies65

This is the studio version, NOT the live version.

@Susie196921

11y↑7

I was so lucky to have been around when excellent music like this was being played!

@janiceclarke119

50w

me too

@ebf1957

12y↑5

This version has a pop feel with a bit of rockabilly in it.

@angryeagle6537

2y↑1

i played this for my guitar playing friend, who does gospel music thinking i might someone to jam with, saying "check this out ! its eric clapton from 1964!" and all he talked about the whole time it was playing was snarky comments about the lyrics, never heard the music at all. just like so many other people. selective hearing ? jeezus cripes
'

@MrLiasion

11y↑2

I pulled out my Gibson Es-335 after hearing this... last night and played it; quite simple.. even Eric's hot lead..(for that era) yeah i love it.ii

@valerock667

14y↑1

That's The Right Sound!

@depaseoporelmundo

11y↑3

Love it!

@JoseGomez-ys3zs

6y↑2

Superb cover!

@tialkjacques

15y↑1

great song

@MrLiasion

11y↑2

Steph; thanks for the info; i always though Eric's 1st recorded vocal was with Mayall's Bluesbreakers-Ramblin' on my Mind; the Yardbirds were so hip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@shelleyganz9095

6y↑1

Soo Kool!! GREAT! REALLY ROCKIN' FUN!!

@vicktor440

Ten years after did a great job of this song...

@robin2012ism

7y↑1

TYA has nearly ruined my enjoyment of any other version. bless you Alvin Lee!

@RonaldDumsfeld020

14y↑2

@jmanmoonwalk4 Sonny Boy Williamson is credited on the label but this version of the song was written by Don Level & Bob Love according to the BMI

@MrLiasion

11y↑1

Eric played a Fender Jazzmaster at 1st with the Yardbirds; me .. i dig him playing a Gibson ES-335 (ONE of my favorites to play)

@mmmcomfy

12y↑3

oh-oh-oh-oh-oh .. oh my TVC15.. nice.

@DWGERRY26

12y↑1

I love this old early 60's sound with the heavy reverb on the mic. Sounds so much like my old band without the hamonica and of course my guitar player wasn't as sweet as EC. Thanks for posting

@091053JG

15y↑6

When Clapton left, the Yardbirds were so lucky to have been able to replace him with Jeff Beck.

@Breatherable

14y↑2

@jmanmoonwalk4 Good Morning little Schoolgirl was first recorded in 1937 by Sonny Boy Williamson, another great version is by Ten Years After.

@PlanetBabylon

Can't believe this song is THAT old! The lyrics are, like, pure 60s vibes!

@eugenelangston4601

3y↑1

Same title but totally different song.

@gilgamess

8y↑6

@gilgamess

Hmm.

A couple of corrections:

The Sonny Boy Williamson song is called, "Good Morning School Girl" on the label.

The Rod Stewart version is NOT backed by Powell and the Five Dimensions. He left the band in 1963 and his version came out in 1964.

@TheEvilDrR

@gilgamess So basically, Don and Bob swiped an old Blues tune, re-wrote parts of it, and claimed it as original work?

@gilgamess

TheEvilDrR Not quite. The only real similarity between the two songs is the title. The tunes are different.

@TheEvilDrR

@gilgamess Link it, if it's on YT. Lemme judge for myself. But, the YB's tune does swipe lyrics from old Blues tunes, as they were wont to do, in true Blues tradition. ;)

@gamekyuubi42069

@TheEvilDrR it's so weird to see these two songs put side by side and all their variations. they indeed were played/covered around the same time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxTjKSE4RRU

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@warrugul

13y↑1

@ILYAmbria the first recorded version was by sonnyboy williamson 1 in 1937,

@avj182

15y↑2

not only the yardbirds were lucky to replace clapton with beck, but clapton was also lucky to have found the bluesbreakers and then cream and after that still have a sucessful solo career =)

@pallen1065

Was this included on the 'debut' US LP--the purple one? That record became not only incredibly tough to find, but every copy was chewed up! I cannot believe Eric's solo! ..

@stOOpid68

16y

nice post Mr.Moonwalk!! gottabe a * * * * * Yardbirds ALLLL day!! Lee Liverpool Mods.

@carlosantuckwell

13y↑1

@DeedleDeedleDumplin That's your opinion ("my son John" : ) I've never liked The Faces' recordings, or much of Stewart's solo stuff after that, but I can't gainsay Rod's voice - I think he's a good singer, even though his voice is not 'my cup of tea', but I do think his 1964 recording of Good Morning Little School Girl is excellent, similarly his vocals with Jeff Beck during 1967--1968. I also think Rod premiered the Robert Plant style-of-singing on vinyl - e.g. "Rock My Plimsoul" 1967.

@TheRockinRelic

14y

@jmanmoonwalk4 This was originally done by Don and Bob on the ARGO label in I think 1962 but maybe 1961. I love the original but this one's pretty good too.

@ohiosevere

14y↑1

God rest Keith, love Clapton before he sold out. SRV died in vain on a heli to open for him, God rest Stevie's soul too.

@fs.pureblood

2y↑1

Just heard this on Heartbeat. Brilliant. Far better than Rod the mod.

@Samalamalamdam

12y↑1

@jmanmoonwalk4 It was a Sonny Boy Williamson song.

@titostacos

16y↑1

Is this a cover? Where'd they get it? It's funny how it sounds so cute and AM radio and then Clapton sounds like he's ready to be in Cream. Y'know?

@bernieisodd

12y↑5

jimmy savile's favourite song i believe

@WAZOOMA

haha such a creepy title

@ascetik

11y↑4

good point, no one would have the balls to record this song today, at least definitely not in the darker spirit of grateful dead's version. the yardbird's played this song very up tempo and poppy so the lyrics could easily fly past you.

@WAZOOMA

it's a great song usically but the lyrics are so insanely creepy like why did it have to be 'little school girl' like why did they have to specify they were courting LITTLE girs still in school like even back then. I have just read it ws an old blues standard, but still lol

@pacom7140

la primera vez que la escuche en 1987

@TheThejosapappa1000

12y↑1

i just liked the yardbrirds and 60s

@HonkyCat90

14y↑1

Is this the first guitar solo Clapton ever recorded?

@titostacos

15y

yeah, I'm going to agree with that. Clapton sounds like he's ready to leave for the Bluesbreakers. He kind of looks like it too in those photos!

@AlfonsoVallarta

11y↑3

Well, that's what rock used to be about: breaking the limits a moralist society had set. Too bad now that's what pop stars do, and most rock stars fall straight into line.

@ElComadreja777

10y↑6

Originally done by Don and Bob. It's on here. The Yardbirds blow them away.

@robin2012ism

ElComadreja777 Don?

@wolfedavid3700

true....great sound....nevweer get old.....

@captainwalker4911

5y↑2

@eisaysek1

14y

I like the original song played by Sonny Boy Williamson II better.

@HilaryK1Actor

13y

It is a cover. The original was by Sonny Boy Williamson I.

@carlosantuckwell

13y

Rod Stewart's version of 1964 is much better (and rare).

@carlosantuckwell

13y

@DeedleDeedleDumplin Cool.

@almanacofsleep

15y

Yeah its buy Sonny Boy Williamson 1, not 2 but one. John Lee not Aleck Rice Millar, not the one who has loads of videos posted on youtube. I know its confusing.

@user-tq6vn3lt7e

3y↑1

It's very Eric Clapton.

@almanacofsleep

15y

Has any one put up his song?

@MrKazikes

12y

fly high bird

@daviddawber1111

Rod Stewart did a different song with the same title at the same time, but it didn't chart. This one just made the bottom end of the UK top 50 (no. 44).

@TheAltasbic

11y

Actually Jonny Lang recorded a cover in '97. Which isn't all that long ago.

@parrish6696

8y↑2

this is a rock version of a very old early blues song

@robertodesanti3115

mitici..oh..yeah

@clinthill4098

Is that Pete Best on Drums ? 🤣

@moricwilson

5y↑1

getting TVC15 vibes from those oh ohs

@billlong9606

yeah good spot!

@TheWho58

6y↑4

so jimmy page was pretty much famous all his life

@madtiger111

13y

@jmanmoonwalk4 Yeah. The original sounds more like "Sir, would you like to take a seat over here?"

@emmagoldstone90

12y

@titostacos Van Morrison did a great cover of this, you should check it out

@DomSezXL

13y

This is a song for Michael Le Vell from Coronation Street.

@Kylerjguitar

12y

@jmanmoonwalk4 I believe the original is by muddy waters.

@robmar7190

11y

Mom and Dad let the Beatles in you're front door - and that was the end - long live rock and roll - and drugs

@sandsoftime1954

47w

You can almost hear the hormones in this song !

@091053JG

15y

Eric looked so preppy in those photos. He must have 18 - 20.

@mruczek97

12y

Pozdrowienia dla wszystkich dziewczyn z NK-63

@wolfedavid3700

good audio...……...

@ashleycohen2258

2y↑4

Difficult to get away with this lyric now

@ElComadreja777

10y

This has nothing to do with the Sonny Boy Williamson I song of the same name. I have the original of this but the name of the group that did it escapes me. I'll post when I find it.

@jamesbaker8785

+ElComadreja777 Sonny Boy 1, Muddy, ten Years after etc etc covered it but all it says anywhere is it's a 'blues standard'

@sportsmediaamerica

12y

Listen to Ten Years After's version...this one looks tame compared to that

@richardfontane2882

singing about Putney

@fittijuttu

Another version: https://youtu.be/qmy177MVlQg

@TarnTarn-zv6cp

Gary Glitter wanted to cover this, wonder if he got the go ahead?

@ephebofreedomfighter2430

he likes boys

@TarnTarn-zv6cp

@EpheboFreedom Fighter2 who? Glitter got done for girls.

@Cadwaladr2012

11y

ergh i dont think you get it.......the truth only came out because he was dead.......the state thought saville was "untouchable" when alive He wouldnt have been persecuted if he was alive...lets just face it

@GrtSatan

11y

If that lump of filth were still alive he'd be facing prosecution. A classic predator who used his high profile to attract victims; I bet the maggots are having trouble keeping him down.

@myvivamk8574

44w

This track is not played enough.

@drummer78

12y↑2

Clapton was cool back then. The Armarni suits and Fenders ruined him.

@7jeveritt

13y

listen to the jonny lang version it's amazing compared with this

@LiamOwen1991

Peido song

@ephebofreedomfighter2430

ban this now!!!! sickos

@jameswalsh7931

Is it just me or does this song scream pedophile?!

@angryeagle6537

yeah its just you

@garygritter5701

Not really because although it was performed by men who where in there late teens early 20’s it was sung from the perspective of a boy who was in love with a girl in his school so why would it scream pedo? Haven’t you ever had a teenage crush?

@boo66

13y

My god, that Clapton chap's overrated!

@MFPhoto1

13y

Terrible cover. This is a much to "safe" version of a clasic blues tune.

@ZombieFighter95

2y↑2

Ok, musically the song is good, sure, but holy hell, the lyrics are disgusting.

@terrypussypower

45w↑1

Nowadays the police would be right round to your gaff to check there was no pedophilia going on!!! Lol!!
Rock n rollers got away with murder back in those days! The Groupie scene was crazy!!