Biography:
Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) was an American pop and country singer.
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, and raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal became a local star at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for the 1965 US Top 10 pop hit "Down in the Boondocks", which, along with the singles "I Knew You When" (Top 20, 1965) and "Hush" (1967), were written and produced by Joe South. Another South composition, "Yo-Yo," just missed the top 40 in Canada and charted poorly in the U.
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Other songs:
- Boardwalk Angel
- Burn Like A Rocket
- Burned Like A Rocket
- Campfire Girls
- Cherry Hill Park
- Down In The Boondocks
- Everything Turned Blue
- Hearts Desire
- Hush
- I Knew You When
- I Miss You Already
- I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
- I've Got To Be Somebody
- If The Jukebox Took Teardrops
- Ill Pin A Note On Your Pillow
- It Keeps Right On A
- Love Has No Right
- Old Bridges
- Old Bridges Burn Slow
- She Dont Cry Like She Used To
- These Are Not My People
- Til I Cant Take It Anymore
- Under The Boardwalk
- Yo
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Cherry Hill Park:Billy Joe Royal.
#15 in '69.
Intro: Dm - G - Dm - G
#1.
Dm G
Mary Hill used to hang out in Cherry Hill Park.
Dm G
The game she played lasted all day 'till way after dark.
F G
All the girls they criticized her,
F G
But all the guys just idolized her,
F A Dm G
Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark,
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in Cherry Hill Park.
#2.
Dm G
Mary Hill used to love to ride the merry-go-round.
Dm G
All the guys got eager eyes watching Mary go round.
F G
In the daytime Mary Hill was a teaser,
F G
Come the night she was such a pleaser,
F A Dm G
Oh, Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark,
Dm G
In Cherry Hill Park.
CHORUS:
D F G A-B-D
Oh, Mary Hill sure had fun down in Cherry Hill Park.
D F G A D
Playin' games with everyone 'till way after dark.
G Dm G Dm
In Cherry Hill Park ....... Cherry Hill Park.
#3.
Dm G A-B
Then one day Mary Hill, she married away.
Dm
A man with money said 'come on honey'
G A-B
and she said 'OK.'
F G
She went away to play a one man game
F G
and since that day it ain't been the same
F A Dm G
'Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark,
G Dm G Dm
Yeah, in Cherry Hill Park....Cherry Hill Park.
CHORUS:
G Dm F G A-B
Oh, Mary Hill sure had fun down in Cherry Hill Park.
D F G Ab A
Playing games with everyone 'till way after dark.
A G Dm G Dm
In Cherry Hill Park ........Cherry Hill Park
G Dm G Dm
In Cherry Hill Park ........Cherry Hill Park......FINIS
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#15 in '69.
Intro: Dm - G - Dm - G
#1.
Dm G
Mary Hill used to hang out in Cherry Hill Park.
Dm G
The game she played lasted all day 'till way after dark.
F G
All the girls they criticized her,
F G
But all the guys just idolized her,
F A Dm G
Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark,
Dm Ab A
in Cherry Hill Park.
#2.
Dm G
Mary Hill used to love to ride the merry-go-round.
Dm G
All the guys got eager eyes watching Mary go round.
F G
In the daytime Mary Hill was a teaser,
F G
Come the night she was such a pleaser,
F A Dm G
Oh, Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark,
Dm G
In Cherry Hill Park.
CHORUS:
D F G A-B-D
Oh, Mary Hill sure had fun down in Cherry Hill Park.
D F G A D
Playin' games with everyone 'till way after dark.
G Dm G Dm
In Cherry Hill Park ....... Cherry Hill Park.
#3.
Dm G A-B
Then one day Mary Hill, she married away.
Dm
A man with money said 'come on honey'
G A-B
and she said 'OK.'
F G
She went away to play a one man game
F G
and since that day it ain't been the same
F A Dm G
'Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark,
G Dm G Dm
Yeah, in Cherry Hill Park....Cherry Hill Park.
CHORUS:
G Dm F G A-B
Oh, Mary Hill sure had fun down in Cherry Hill Park.
D F G Ab A
Playing games with everyone 'till way after dark.
A G Dm G Dm
In Cherry Hill Park ........Cherry Hill Park
G Dm G Dm
In Cherry Hill Park ........Cherry Hill Park......FINIS
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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