Album: Fancy Free (1981)
Charted: 5
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  • Elvira, Elvira
    My heart's on fire for Elvira

    Eyes that look like Heaven, lips like cherry wine
    That girl can sure enough make my little light shine
    I get a funny feelin' up and down my spine
    'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine

    So I'm singin'
    Elvira, Elvira
    My heart's on fire for Elvira
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Heigh-ho Silver, away

    Tonight I'm gonna meet her at the Hungry House Cafe
    And I'm gonna give her all the love I can, yes, I am
    She's gonna jump and holler 'cause I saved up my last two dollars
    We're gonna search and find that preacher man

    Now I'm a singin'
    Elvira, Elvira
    My heart's on fire for Elvira
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Heigh-ho Silver, away

    Elvira, Elvira
    My heart's on fire for Elvira
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Heigh-ho Silver, away

    Elvira, yeah, Elvira
    My heart's on fire for Elvira
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
    Heigh-ho Silver, away

    Elvira, yeah, Elvira
    My heart's on fire for Elvira Writer/s: Dallas Frazier
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

  • Shebby from Germantown, TnFun information!
  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaDoes anyone know who played drums on this song?
  • Martin from Dudley, United KingdomVery very catchy tune.Not making anything of it ,
    but the startis very like the start of "Searchin'" as recorded by the Coasters (a Lieber/Stoller song)
  • Mike from Matawan, NjAlso to be heard on a "Family Guy" ep. The one where Meg unwittingly joins the Lesbian Club at her high school.
  • Jeff from Medina, OhI never heard the other versions, but how can you not enjoy this song, very catchy!
  • Jonathan from Paoli, InI love the uump pampa uum pampa uum pampa mow mow part. It makes the song give credit.
  • Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI loved this song,since I was a child.
  • Mark from Byrdstown, TnDallas Frazier wrote many a great song.But even a great song can be ruined by a schlock group like the Oak Ridge Boys.Frazier himself and Rodney Crowell both recorded better versions of this song than the Oaks.Of course the Oak version was the big hit.That figures.
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