The Chips' original 1956 version of "Rubber Biscuit" gained new life
in 1979, when the Blues brothers made the song a hit all over again.
Sam Strain, who co-wrote "Rubber Biscuit," is better known as a member
of Little Anthony and the Imperials and the O'Jays.
As near as can be told, the song's lyrics consist of gibberish, with
nonsensical spoken interjections:
RUBBER BISCUIT (a bouncy, but flaky transcription)
Cow cow hoo-oo
Cow cow wanna dib-a-doo
Chicken hon-a-chick-a-chick hole-a-hubba
Hey fried chuck-a-lucka wanna jubba
Hi-low nay wanna dubba hubba
Day down sum wanna jigga-wah
Dell rown ay wanna lubba hubba
Mull an' a mound chicka lubba hubba
Fay down ah wanna dippa-zippa-dippa
Mm-mmn, do that again!
Doo doo doo boo
Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba
How rown hibb'n 'n a hibba-lu
How low lubbin 'n a blubba-lubba
Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba
Dull ow de moun' chicky hubba lubba
Went down trucka lucka wanna do-uh
How low a zippin 'n a hubba-lu
Hey ride ricky ticky blubba-lu
How low duh woody pecker pecker
Mm-hmm, did you ever hear
Of a wish sandwich
Well that's the kind of a sandwich
That is supposed to take
Two pieces of bread
And wish you had some meat
Doo doo boo
Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba
Hey ride hibbin' and zippin 'n
How luvva mail take a lubba hubba
Hey ride wanna take a recca recca
How low take a lubba hubba
Hey ride wanna 'n suppa suppa
How low a mail take a lubba hubba
Hey ride a hippin' and a hubbin' no
High low 'n sum a chicka wha
The other day
I ate a ricochet biscuit
Well that's the kind of biscuit
That's supposed to
Bounce off the wall
Back in your mouth
If it don't bounce back
Shh-mmhh-mmhh
You go hungry
Doo doo boo
Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba
Hey low a sum did a lubba goin'
Hey ride wanna take a-lubba do
How long long suppa dubba
How low a mail take a lubba hubba
Hey ride wanna take a lubba hubba
How low a mail take a lubba hubba
Hey down nothin' take a luvva do
Hey ride a sippin' and a hubba dubba
Mmm, the other day
I ate a cool water sandwich
And a Sunday-go-to-meeting bun
Doo doo boo
Cow cow lubba 'n a-blubba lubba
Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba
How low a wanna suppa do
Hey ride sippin' and hubba lubba
Hey ride a-hubbin' and wan' do
Hey ride a wanna an' recca recca
How low a mail take lubba hubba
Hey down a wanna suppa dubba
Please ride a hubbin' gonna do
What you owe for nothin'
Rubber biscuit
Doo doo doo boo
Cow cow ooooooooh
The song had its origins in phrases that the Chips heard while in
reform school, according to a 1999 newsgroup post:
alt.groups.studebaker: Rubber Biscuit
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=37C22B88.7E22ECBF%40netdirect.net&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain
In the middle 1950s, when "Rubber Biscuit" was written, there were
many doo-wop songs with wacky refrains such as "ooh ee ooh ah ah, ting
tang walla walla bing bang" (from "Witch Doctor,") "bing bang biddly
bang, baby, lemme in" (from The Big Bopper's version of "Little Red
Riding Hood,") and "sha na na na, sha na na na na, yip yip yip yip yip
yip yip yip, mum mum mum mum mum mum" (from "Get a Job.) To ascribe
any particular "meaning" to lines like "cow cow lubba 'n a blubba
lubba ow rown hibb'n 'n a-hibba-lu" would be to miss the exhuberant,
loopy spirit of "Rubber Biscuit," which Frank Zappa once called "the
ultimate in nonsensical music."
If you like this song, I recommend a wonderful album called "Rubber
Biscuits and Rama Lama Ding Dongs," available here:
Artist Direct: Rubber Biscuits and Rama Lama Ding Dongs
http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,903580,00.html
Search strategy:
"rubber biscuit"
"blues brothers"
"rubber biscuit" + "chips"
Thanks for a most enjoyable trip down memory lane!
Cordially,
pinkfreud |
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