Doowop With Dad (A Prelude)

[Interview: Sy Smith & Sy O. Smith aka “big sy”]
- So dad, where did y'all used to sing down on this street corner in Queens
- [?Southern?] boulevard, and london boulevard, also new york boulevard, near the forty, projects, and at Baisley park where they use to throw people in the water if they didn't behave
- Who used to sing with you?
- George Sterly, Levern Allen, Jackie Smith, not my sister...Jackie smith was our first tenor, and William Ricks, all of us from John Adams High School on Rockaway Boulevardd and 102 street
- What part did you used to sing usually?
- Hum, believe or not, I use to sing first tenor
- Ya wanna do a little accapella?
- Yes, sure

[Acapella : Sy Smith, Sy O. Smith aka “big sy”, Charlean Carmon & Pattie Howard]
Wait, wait, wait
One, two
I'll wait for summertime when I'll make you mine
And I'll never let you go
And once I got ya, never gonna drop ya, put you in my pocket soul
Ba dop dwee dop dwee dop (I save a little something)
Bop dwee dop, dwee dop (oh y'all coming up now, I like that)
Bop dwee dop, dwee dop (save a little something)
Bop dwee dop, dwee dop
Ba dop dwee dop dwee dop (ooh, yeah)
Bop dwee dop, dwee dop
Bop dwee dop, dwee dop
Ba dop dwee dop dwee dop