I want all you menfolk to fall in line
Shake your shimmy like I'm shaking mine
You shake your shimmy and you shake it fast
If you can't shake your shimmy, shake it, yes, yes, yes
Cause it's a dirty mistake, robbin' a cheater
Sip you in a dozen, you're poppin' your cuss
And your mama do the lordy lord
Yonder go your papa runnin' down the field
Slippin' and a-slidin' like a long-mobile
I hollered at papa and told him to wait
Slipped away from me like a Cadillac snake
Cause he's a rotten mistreater, a very good cheater
Sip you in a dozen, you're poppin' your cuss
And your mama do the lordy lord
I like your uncle, like your brother too
I did like your daddy, but your mama wouldn't do
I met your daddy on the corner of the day
You know about that, that he was sayin' that way
Now he's a rotten mistreater, robbin' a cheater
Slippin' you in a dozen, you're poppin' your cuss
And your mama do the lordy lord
Lordy lord
Now God made him an elephant, made him a snout
Wasn't satisfied until they made him a snout
Made him a snout just as long as a rail
Made him a snout just as long as a rail

Wasn't satisfied until they made him a tail
Made him a tail just to fly and to fly
Wasn't satisfied until they made him some eyes
Made him some eyes just to look on the ground
Wasn't satisfied until they made him, yes, yes, made him
Yes, yes, yeah, did he get big?
Wasn't satisfied until they made him sick
Made him sick, oh, they made him well
You know about that, that he's a rotten mistreater
Robbin' a cheater
Slippin' you in a dozen, you're poppin' your cuss
And your mama do the lordy lord
Oh, you lordy lord