( Speckled Red )
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I want all you manfolk to fall in line
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And shake yo shimmy like i'm shakin' mine
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You shake yo shimmy and you shake it fast
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If you can't shake the shimmy, shake it yes yes yes
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And you'sa dirty mistreatin' robber and a-cheatin'
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Strip you in a desert and you pop aint yo cousin
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And you mama do the lordylord
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You're to go with pop and runnin' round the field
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Slippin' and a-slidin' like an automobile
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I hollared at poppa and told him to wait
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He slipped away from me just like a cadillac snake
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'Cause he's a rotten mistreater, robber and a cheater
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Slip you with a dozen, yo pop aint yo cousin'
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And you mama do the lordylord!
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Now i liked yo uncle, liked yo brother too
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I did like yo papa but yo papa wouldn't do
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I met yo' daddy on the carn the other day
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You know about that 'cause he was funny that way
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'Cause he's a funny mistreater, robber and a cheater
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Strip you in a dozen, yo pop is yo cousin
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Yo mama do the lordylord!
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Now God made'em an elephant, he made him stout
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Wasn't satisfied until he made him a snout
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Made him a snout just as long as a rail
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Wasn't satisfied until he made him a tail
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Made him a tail just to find the flies
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Wasn't satisfied until he made him some eyes
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Made him some eyes just to look on the grass
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He wasn't satisfied until he made his yes-yes
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Made his yes-yes-yes, did he get fixed
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He wasn't satisfied until he made him sick
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He made him sick, oh lord, he made him well
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You know about that 'cause the elephant cried out
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He's a funny mistreater, robber and a cheater
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Strip you in a dozen, yo pop is yo cousin
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Yo maaaaaama do the loooooordylooooord!
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Wooooo!
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The dirty dozen
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Emiliana Torrini |