Lyrics to
Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love?

This version of Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? was released by Bob Seger in 1972.

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Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard
Mama gonna buy you a mockingbird
If that mockingbird don’t sing
She gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don’t shine
Baby gonna take it to a private eye
If that private eye can’t see
He gonna have to come an talk to me

Said hey Bo Diddley
Hey now Bo Diddley
Hey Bo Diddley

I walked 47 miles of barbed wire
Use a cobra snake for a necktie
Got a brand new house on the roadside child
Made out of rattlesnake hide
Brand new chimney on top
Made out of human skulls
Come and take a little walk with me Arlene
Tell me who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

Arlene took me by my hand
Said cool it Robert you know your my man
Who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

Night was dark the sky was blue
Down the alley we was swingin’ through

Lord I heard just what I seen
Who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

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About Lyrics and Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? by Bob Seger

The lyrics for Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? are defined as the words making up the song released by Bob Seger in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bob Seger and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? by Bob Seger if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love?" means the words set to the music of Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? and the lyrics to Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bo Diddley / Who Do You Love?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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