Do You Like Worms?

Do You Like Worms?

"Do You Like Worms?" (aka "Roll Plymouth Rock", "Bicycle Rider", "Do You Dig Worms?", or simply "Worms") is a mostly uncompleted Beach Boys song originally composed and intended for the ill-fated "SMiLE" project.

It has been long theorized that the song was part of the "Americana" portion of the album. In its eventual 2004 completed form for Brian Wilson's re-recorded version of "SMiLE" (and then titled "Roll Plymouth Rock"), the lyrics suggest a plight of immigrants migrating throughout America and encountering the American Indian, its journey ending in Hawaii.

The song's chorus consists of the "Bicycle Rider" motif, a recurring theme throughout the album (and mainly in the track "Heroes and Villains").

The original raw recording (as heard in the Beach Boys compilation box set "") was a mix of the lead vocals & instrumental track (recorded October 18, 1966) and the background vocals (recorded the following December of that year).

The 2004 arrangement adds long lost lyrics by Van Dyke Parks.

The song was covered by The Olivia Tremor Control on the tribute album Smiling Pets.


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