Hot tamales and they're red hot
yes, she got'em for sale
Hot tamales and they're red hot
yes, she got'em for sale

I got a girl, say she's long and tall
She sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall

She got two for a nickel, got four for a dime
Would sell you more, but they ain't none of mine

I got a letter from a girl in the room
Now, she got somethin' good she got to bring home 
soon, now

The billy goat back' in a bumble bee nest
Ever since that he can't take his rest, yeah


I'm 'onna upset your backbone, put your kidneys to 
sleep
I'll due to break 'way your liver and dare your heart to 
beat 'bout my

You know grandma laughs, and now grandpa, too
Well, I wonder what in the world we chillun gon' do, 
now

Me and my baby bought a V-8-Ford
Well, we wind that thing all on the runnin' board, yes

You know the monkey, now the baboon playin' in the 
grass
Well, the monkey stuck his finger in that old "Good 
Gult Gas", now

I got a girl, say she's long and tall
Now, she sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the 
hall, yes