A cover of Bill Haley and the Comets‘ foundational classic (a by then six year old track) “Skinny Minnie,” this song features a young Jimmy Page on lead guitar. This was the final single by Carter-Lewis and the Southerners.
The arrangement is totally different from the earlier tune, including a fas...
My skinny Minnie is a crazy chick, now
Yeah, six foot high and one foot thick, now
Well, do I love her, does a boy love pie
Oh, she's the apple of my eye
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, whoa she's tall, yeah that's all
Tho' her shadow doesn't take much ground
Yeah what there is really gets around
Well what there ain't that's what she be
Well even that's too much for me
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, woah she's tall, yeah that's all
Woah
Let's go down really low
Woah, yeah really king size
When I say dance, I want you all to dance, now
Yeah, when I shake, I want you all to shake
Come on
When I say scream, I want you all to scream, now
Come on, scream now, yeah
Woah
Hey
Woah
Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny, woah she's tall, yeah that's all
Woah
Skinny Minnie, she ain't skinny
Woah, she's tall
Skinny Minnie was written by Catherine Cafra & Rusty Keefer & Milt Gabler & Bill Haley.
Carter-Lewis and the Southerners released Skinny Minnie on Fri Mar 27 1964.