"Hoots Mon" is a

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by Harry Robinson, and performed by

Lord Rockingham's XI Lord Rockingham's XI was a group of British session musicians, led by Harry Robinson (1932–1996), who had a No. 1 hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1958 with " Hoots Mon". The group was created to perform as the resident band on the pop TV pr ...

. It was a number-one hit single for three weeks in 1958 on the

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. It is based on the old Scottish folk song " A Hundred Pipers". It was also one of the first rock and roll songs to feature the

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, which would become popular in rock and roll music the following year with

Dave "Baby" Cortez David Cortez Clowney (born August 13, 1938), known by the stage name Dave "Baby" Cortez, is an American pop and R&B organist and pianist, best known for his 1959 hit, " The Happy Organ". Life and career Clowney was born in Detroit Detro ...

's "

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". The record is mostly

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, punctuated by four stereotypical Scottish phrases: *" Och aye", an exclamation meaning "Oh yes." *"Hoots mon", an expression of dismissal or annoyance. *"There's a moose loose aboot this hoose" ("There's a mouse loose about this house"), a standard cliché highlighting

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pronunciation. *"It's a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht." ("It's a fine, bright moonlit night"). The author and

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Benny Green played the

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on the recording. The song was revived by Bad Manners and included on their album

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. It was also used in a

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for Maynards Wine Gums with the line "There's a moose loose aboot this hoose" changed to "There's juice loose aboot this hoose".

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* {{authority control 1958 singles 1958 songs UK Singles Chart number-one singles Decca Records singles

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