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50s Music/R & B song of the mid 50's

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Partial lyrics include:  "WOE, WOE, WOE, WOE,  YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY,   Somebody stole my gal away, I've been crying both night and day, WOE, WOE, YAY, YAY, etc.  Woe, woe, woe woe, baby, long time ago, yay, yay, yay, yay, baby,  I need your loving, your turtle doving,  WOE, WOE, WOE, WOE, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY,  etc. "

Thank you,  Tom

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Well, I have to admit that R&B is not my area of expertise, but I did a search for these lyrics, and as it happens, someone asked about the same song on this forum three years ago. So let me just point you to that dialogue:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Oldies-2943/2008/6/Partial-Lyrics.htm

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Bruce R. Gilson

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I am mainly interested in traditional pop music of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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I've searched a lot of data for Wikipedia articles on this kind of music. (check User:BRG contributions to see what I've posted.)

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My educational credentials aren't in the field of music - I have a Ph. D. in chemistry.

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