Roly Poly (song)

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writer=Fred Rose
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language=English
form=Western swing
original_artist=Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
recorded_by="(many, many other artists)"
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"Roly Poly" is a humorous Western swing standard written by Fred Rose in 1946. In the song, "Roly Poly" is a very active boy who eats continuously to keep his strength up. Each verse ends with::"Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty,":"Bet he's gonna be a man someday."

"Roly Poly" was first recorded by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1946, staying on the charts for 18 weeks and reaching #3. [Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits", p. 392.] It has been recorded by almost every Western swing band since.

Chuck Berry's "Roly Poly" is a different song.

Asleep at the Wheel featuring the Dixie Chicks covered to song in 2000. The version was not a single, but charted as an album cut peaking at #65.

References

Bibliography

*Whitburn, Joel. "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits". Billboard Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8230-8291-1