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A1.1·blues·2:41

Boom Boom

John Lee Hooker · 1961

Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker (1961) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You knocks me out
  • Right off of my feet
  • Hoo, hoo, hoo, whoa, yeah
  • Walk the walk baby

Echo the hook

  • Boom, boom, boom, boom
  • I'm gonna shoot you right down
  • Right off your feet
  • Take you home with me
talkbabyboom

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mshoot you right down

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And when youto me that baby talk

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Youme out

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Talk that talknow

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And youin my ear

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm gonna shoot you right down

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Put you in my house

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I like it like that

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You knocks me out

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't take it like that

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

Boom, ? boom, boom

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Take you ? with me

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Oh, when you ? like that

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Walk the ? baby

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And you ? in my ear

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

How many times do you hear the word "talk" in the whole song?

"talk"

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "baby" in the whole song?

"baby"

Exercise 23

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Boom, boom, boom, boom
  • Right off of my feet
  • You knocks me out

Exercise 24

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And talk that talk
  • I can't take it like that
  • I'm gonna shoot you right down

Exercise 25

If you could ask John Lee Hooker one question about "Boom Boom", what would it be and why?

talkbabyboomwalk

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Boom Boom" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

talkbabyboomwalk

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Boom Boom" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

talkbabyboomwalk

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • can't→

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Boom Boom" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

talkbabyboomwalk

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Boom Boom" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

talkbabyboomwalk