Keep your hands off my baby    (1962)    (video)    (midi)

 

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1.    We‘ve been friends for oh, so long,     I let you share what‘s mine,

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    but when you mess with the boy I love, it‘s time to draw the line.

 

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Keep your hands off my baby,

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I ain‘t gonna tell you but a-one more time.

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Oh, keep your hands off my baby,

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girl, you get it through your head,       that boy is mine.

 

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2.     I don‘t mind when you lend my clothes,       my jewelry and such,

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    but, honey, let‘s get something straight,

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    there‘s one thing you don‘t touch.

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    Keep your hands off my baby,

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    girl, you get it through your head,        that boy is mine.

                

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+  Keep your hands off my baby,

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    I ain‘t gonna tell you twice, he‘s mine, yay yay yeah !

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    He‘s mine, you better watch yourself now  …

 

    (Little Eva)