Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns

If I ran a game store I would play the song Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers.

Traditionally, leprechauns wore red coats, green vests, white pants, and black socks. They also like to pinch and prank people and wearing green grants a person immunity from these bothers. It's lesser known, but leprechauns also like to play rock and roll music. Their rock and roll roots go back to early times on the Emerald Isle, though at some point a while ago they stopped playing it. Nobody really remembers when they stopped. Even fewer would know why they stopped. The thing is, they've just recently returned and their rock and roll sound is as playful as ever. Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns is Jonathon Richman's celebration of their return and is itself a playful, stripped down rock and roll song. The song features a bare bones acoustic that sounds like it might have been played in a hall rather than a recording studio, especially the saxophone interlude. It's light-weight and carries a sense of whimsy - perfect for a game store.

Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns is from the 1977 album, Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers. It was also released on the 2013 compilation album, Roadrunner: The Berzerkeley Collection, which collected their hits on the Berzerkeley record label.

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Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns lyrics

Hey, what's that out there in the park?
Well, I'll tell you what that is, I think it's this

In the park, nearly dark
What do I now hear? Hark, hark
Is it really leprechauns
And have they come back to rock 'n' roll?
Yes, it's them there on the lawn
It's been so long since they've been gone
But Mother Nature's leprechauns have come back to rock 'n' roll

A-dadda-dum-da-da-da-da-da-la-da
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-la
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-la
They've come back to rock 'n' roll

A-dadda-dum-da-da-da-da-da-la-da
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-la
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-la
They've come back to rock 'n' roll

See them rockin' and a-rollin'
They're wobblin' and a-wiggling'
And they're fumblin' and a-gigglin'
Well they're here to rock 'n' roll

Well, they're a-rockin' and a-rollin'
And they're wobblin' and a wigglin'
Well, they're rockin' and a-gigglin'
Oh they're here to rock 'n' roll

Well, they're sorta bein a sideways, get no slid
They're plain to see and they're hardly hid
Well, they don't act now like they used to did
And they done come back to rock 'n' roll

Well, how they doin' and how they been?
Glad to see them all back again
Well, they're Mother Nature's leprekins
And they done come back to rock 'n' roll

Hum-dadda-dum-da-da-da-da-da-la-da
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-la
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-la
They've come back to rock 'n' roll

One more time

Hum-dadda-dum-da-da-da-da-da-la-da
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-la
Hum-da-da-da-da-da-la
They've come back to rock 'n' roll