Original Bo Diddley version
Hey Mona, ooh Mona
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah, Mona, oh Mona
Tell you Mona what I wanna do
Build my house next door to you
Can I see you sometime
We could go kissing through the blind
Can you come out in the front do'
Listen to my heart go bumpbity-bump
I'll lead you baby, that's no lie
Without your love I will surely die
Hey hey, Mona, ooh Mona
Hey, hey, hey-hey, Mona, yeah Mona
Hey hey, Mona, oh Mona
Can you come out on the front
Listen to my heart go bumpity-bump
Need you baby, that's no lie
Without your love I will surely die
MONA is a song written by Ellas McDaniel (known as Bo Diddley) and originally released by Bo Diddley as a single B-side in 1957. The above lyrics are for the original Bo Diddley version of MONA as released in 1957.
Bruce Springsteen has never performed MONA live in full, but he often used it as introduction to SHE'S THE ONE in 1976-1978 and few more times in 2008-2013.
List of available versions of MONA on this website:
MONA [Original Bo Diddley version]