Hot tamales and they red hot

Yes, she got 'em for sale

Hot tamales and they red not

Oh, she got 'em for sale



I got a girl, say she long and tall

Sleeps in the kitchen

With her feets in the hall



Hot tamales and they red hot

Oh, she got 'em for sale

Yes, she got 'em for sale, oh yeah



Well, hot tamales and they red hot

Yes, she got 'em for sale

Hot tamales and they red hot

Yes, she got 'em for sale



You know the monkey

Now the baboon playin' in the grass

Well, the monkey stuck his finger

In that old Good Gulf Gas, tell me



Hot tamales and they red hot

Yes, she got 'em for sale, I mean

Yes, she got 'em for sale, oh yeah, now



Hot tamales and they red hot

Yes, she got 'em for sale

Hot tamales and they red hot

Oh, she got 'em for sale



She got two for a nickel

Got four for a dime

Would sell you more

But they ain't none of mine



It's only hot tamales and they red hot

Well, she got 'em for sale

I mean, she got 'em for sale, oh yeah



Hot tamales and they red hot

Oh, she got 'em for sale, yeah, yeah

Hot tamales and they red hot

Oh, she got 'em for sale



I'm gonna upset your backbone

Put your kidneys to sleep

I'll due to break 'way your liver

And dare your heart [Incomprehensible]



Hot tamales 'cause they red hot

Oh, they got 'em for sale, I mean

Yes, she got 'em for sale, oh yeah