the dirty dozen

i want all you manfolk to fall in line

and shake yo shimmy like i'm shakin' mine

you shake yo shimmy and you shake it fast

if you can't shake the shimmy

shake it yes yes yes

and you'sa dirty mistreatin' robber and a-cheatin'

strip you in a desert and you pop aint yo cousin

and you mama do the lordylord

you're to go with pop and runnin' round the field

slippin' and a-slidin' like an automobile

i hollared at poppa and told him to wait

he slipped away from me just like a cadillac snake

'cause he's a rotten mistreater

robber and a cheater

slip you with a dozen

yo pop aint yo cousin'

and you mama do the lordylord!

now i liked yo uncle

liked yo brother too

i did like yo papa but yo papa wouldn't do

i met yo' daddy on the carn the other day

you know about that 'cause he was funny that way

'cause he's a funny mistreater

robber and a cheater

strip you in a dozen

yo pop is yo cousin

yo mama do the lordylord!

now god made'em an elephant

he made him stout

wasn't satisfied until he made him a snout

made him a snout just as long as a rail

wasn't satisfied until he made him a tail

made him a tail just to find the flies

wasn't satisfied until he made him some eyes

made him some eyes just to look on the grass

he wasn't satisfied until he made his yes-yes

made his yes-yes-yes

did he get fixed

he wasn't satisfied until he made him sick

he made him sick

oh lord

he made him well

you know about that 'cause the elephant cried out

he's a funny mistreater

robber and a cheater

strip you in a dozen

yo pop is yo cousin

yo maaaaaama do the loooooordylooooord!

wooooo!