Little Egypt (1961) (video) (midi)

Step right up, folks, and see Little Egypt do the famous Dance of

the Pyramids. She walks, she talks, she crawls on her belly like

a reptile. Just one thin dime, one tenth of a dollar !

Step right up, folks!

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1. I went and bought myself a ticket and

I sat down in the very first ro…..w.

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They pulled the curtain but then when

they turned the spotlight way down lo….w,

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little Egypt came out struttin’,

wearing nuttin’ but a button and a bo….ugh,

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singing, Yeah! Yeah! She did the hoochie koochie. Yeah! Yeah !

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2. She had a ruby on her tummy and

a diamond big as Texas on her to…..e.

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She let her hair down and

she did the hoochie koochie real slo….w.

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When she did her special number on a zebra skin,

I thought she'd stop the sho….w,

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singing, Yeah! Yeah! She did the hoochie koochie. Yeah! Yeah !

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She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground,

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she winked at the audience and then she turned around.

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She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,

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saying Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.

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3. Yeah, but let me tell you people,

Little Egypt doesn't dance there anymo…..re,

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she's too busy mopping and

a taking care of shopping at the sto…..re,

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'cause we got seven kids

and all day long they crawl around the flo…or,

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singing, Yeah! Yeah! She did the hoochie koochie. Yeah! Yeah !

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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah …..

(The Coasters)