Come on, let’s go, little darlin’/
Let’s go, let’s go again once more.

“Come On Let’s Go” is a great uptempo song by Ritchie Valens. Amazingly, he recorded for one year before his untimely death and this is already his second song on this list. This song was written in the 50s and it still holds up well. There are very few songs that make me bop my head along to the rhythm but this one always gets me. I would imagine someone more agile would probably want to get up and dance. That is about as close as I get, but it is a good feeling.

Outwardly “Come on Let’s Go” seems to be about dancing, but it does have sexual overtones that are surprising for the time. I wasn’t around then, but I would imagine it would have caused a bit of a stir amongst conservative types at the time. The song is simple, but notice it is a classically structured rock n roll song that accomplishes a lot in two minutes. It has a memorable verse and chorus, a bridge that works well within the song and even a guitar solo. These would all become staples of rock, but at the time, people like Valens and Holly (and others) were creating this genre and its characteristics.

Come On Let’s Go Lyrics

Well, Jessie, doll, darlin’, I love you so
Oh, I will never never never let you go
Come darlin’, let’s go on by by by

Take my by the hand once again, darlin’
Tell me that you love me and you’ll never never leave me
That’s the way I wanna do, ooo-ee, ooo-ee

Let’s go down to the park once again
There we’ll love each other again and again
Tell me that you’ll always love me so

I’ll give you once, kiss you again
And darlin’ I’ll hold your hand
And I’ll never never let you go
Come on baby, won’t you love me so?

Oh, now let’s go by, by again
Come on little baby, go back in
And I’ll never never let your love go, let’s go

Well, now you tell me that you love me so
And you’ll never let me go
I’ll love you, baby, until then
Until death do us part

So come on down, let’s go by back again
Come on little baby, go back in
And I’ll never never let your love go, let’s go

Songwriters: Richard Valenzuela