The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 60s British merseybeat band, best … Read Full Bio ↴The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 60s British merseybeat band, best known for their proto-rave-up hit single "Hippy Hippy Shake" (also known as "The Hippy Hippy Shake"). Intriguingly, while the song sounds rather Beatles-clone like, the Beatles did in fact do a cover version of this song for the BBC. The Swinging Blue Jeans had a spell of moderate success, breaking into the U.S. with the aforementioned hit but also charting again and again in the U.K. such as with the top 5 cover track "You're No Good". Sadly, they seemed to fly along with the all-pervading merseybeat success story. Once the novelty started to pale, the hits dried up, and the band eventually retired to the oldies circuit.

Guitarist Terry Sylvester left the group in the late 60s, and he joined another seminal Britsh rock act, The Hollies, as a replacement for the departing Graham Nash. The Swinging Blue Jeans, with some original members, soldiered on through the decades. A version of the group, with singer-songwriter and guitarist Ray Ennis remaining, continues to tour to this day.

Lawdy Miss Clawdy
The Swinging Blue Jeans Lyrics

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Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Well, you sure look good to me
Well, please, don't excite me, baby
I know it can't be me

Well, I give you all my money
Yeah, but you just won't treat me right
You like to ball every morning

Don't come home till late at night

I'm gonna tell, tell my mama
Lord, I swear, gal, what you been doing to me?
I'm gonna tell everybody that
I'm in misery

So bye, bye, bye, baby
Gal, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye, little darlin'
Down the road I go

Oh, goodbye, bye, bye, baby
Gal, I won't be comin' no more

Goodbye, little darlin'
Down the road I go

Overall Meaning

The Swinging Blue Jeans's song "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" is a classic rock and roll tune that tells the story of a man who is infatuated with a woman named Miss Clawdy despite her ill-treatment of him. The song begins with the lines, "Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy / Well, you sure look good to me / Well, please, don't excite me, baby / I know it can't be me." The man is clearly taken with Miss Clawdy's physical beauty, but is also aware that her charm is not entirely sincere.

The lyrics go on to describe how the man has given Miss Clawdy all his money but she still won't treat him right. She likes to "ball" every morning and doesn't come home until late at night, leaving the man feeling lonely and neglected. He decides to tell his mama about Miss Clawdy's behavior and "tell everybody that [he's] in misery." In the end, he bids Miss Clawdy goodbye, singing, "Goodbye, little darlin' / Down the road I go."

Line by Line Meaning

Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Oh heavens, Miss Clawdy, you are quite stunning

Well, you sure look good to me
You are very attractive to me

Well, please, don't excite me, baby
Please do not arouse me, my dear

I know it can't be me
I know I'm not the reason for my arousal

Well, I give you all my money
I've given you all my money

Yeah, but you just won't treat me right
Yet you still mistreat me

You like to ball every morning
You enjoy engaging in frivolous activities every morning

Don't come home till late at night
You don't return home until very late in the night

I'm gonna tell, tell my mama
I'm going to let my mother know

Lord, I swear, gal, what you been doing to me?
Heavens, Miss Clawdy, what have you been doing to me?

I'm gonna tell everybody that I'm in misery
I'm going to tell everyone that I'm suffering

So bye, bye, bye, baby
So farewell, farewell, farewell, my dear

Gal, I won't be comin' no more
Miss, I will no longer be coming around

Goodbye, little darlin', down the road I go
Goodbye, my dear, as I travel down the road

Oh, goodbye, bye, bye, baby
Oh, farewell, farewell, farewell, my dear

Gal, I won't be comin' no more
Miss, I will no longer be coming around

Goodbye, little darlin', down the road I go
Goodbye, my dear, as I travel down the road

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: LLOYD PRICE

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Françoise Theys

11y

J'ai entendu cette chanson en 1966 sur mon transistor,je l'avais enrégistrée à l'aide d'un micro sur mon enrégistreur à bande.Je l'ai écoutée des centaines de fois dans ces conditions avant de pouvoir acheter l'album...Nostalgie quand tu nous tiens.Je continue à adorer ça!