"Li'l Red Riding Hood"
(aka "Little Red Riding Hood")
was a 1966 song by Sam the Sham and the
Pharaohs. It was the group's second top-10 hit,
reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966.
The song is built around the Grimm Brothers' "Little
Red Riding Hood" folk tale, adapted by ending before the
grandmother makes her entrance, and explicitly using the
ambiguity of modern English between "wolf", the
carnivore, and "wolf", a man with concealed sexual
intentions.
The singer remarks on "what big eyes" and "what full
lips" Red has, and eventually on "what a big heart" he
himself has. An added element is that he says
(presumably aside, to the song's audience) that he is
disguised in a "sheep suit" until he can demonstrate his
good intentions, but he seems to be having a hard time
suppressing his wolf call.
(aka "Little Red Riding Hood")
was a 1966 song by Sam the Sham and the
Pharaohs. It was the group's second top-10 hit,
reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966.
The song is built around the Grimm Brothers' "Little
Red Riding Hood" folk tale, adapted by ending before the
grandmother makes her entrance, and explicitly using the
ambiguity of modern English between "wolf", the
carnivore, and "wolf", a man with concealed sexual
intentions.
The singer remarks on "what big eyes" and "what full
lips" Red has, and eventually on "what a big heart" he
himself has. An added element is that he says
(presumably aside, to the song's audience) that he is
disguised in a "sheep suit" until he can demonstrate his
good intentions, but he seems to be having a hard time
suppressing his wolf call.
| This is Bella (Isabella) my favorite, youngest person, I know. When her mom first played our CD in the car, and she heard us sing Little Red Riding Hood, she wanted to hear it again. and again , and again. That's my hat and glasses she's wearing |
