he says: PENSYLVANNIA

we say: SIX-FIVE-OH-OH-OH!!

I got my shoes shined up, I got my hair slicked down
'cause baby I wanna hit the town, call me
Pennsylvania 6-5000
I'm gonna shake you up (all night), rock you all night long (all right)
baby you got something goin' on, call me
Pennsylvania 6-5000
write it down, in your book, on your wall, oh baby just call
Pennsylvania 6-5000
you got the look I like (oh yeah), come on and show it off
whatever your doin' blow it off, call me
Pennsylvania 6-5000
you know I just got paid, I got my hot rod wheels
so if you wanna find out how it feels call me
Pennsylvania 6-5000
write it down, in your book on your wall, oh baby just call
Pennsylvania 6-5000
in your room ,in your bed, keep it in your head, oh baby just call
Pensylvannia 6-5000

GLEN MILLER
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(and did you know that "Pennsylvania 6-5000 is claimed by its owner, the Hotel Pennsylvania, to be the oldest continuing phone number in New York City; the telephone number is based on the old telephone exchange name system: the first two letters 'PE' in PE6-5000 stand for the rotary dial numbers 7 and 3, making the number, with Manhattan's area code, +1 (212) 736-5000; the exact age of the phone number, and the veracity of the Pennsylvania's claim, is unknown; the earliest it could have existed is around 1930, when seven-digit telephone numbers were first adopted in New York City"? well, you do now!)

3 comments:

Mel said...

:-)

Of course I like it.

And ya gotta love the history that comes with it.

Ty for that.

Anonymous said...

Wow!
Have you read any Scarlett Thomas? (PopCo: The End of Mr Y) I suspect you might like them.

english inukshuk said...

no! I'll have to investigate

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