now i want all you womenfolks to fall in line shake your shimmy like im shaking mine you shake your shimmy and you shake it fast you cant shake your shimmy shake your yes yes yes now yous a dirty mistreater robber and a cheater slip you in the dozen your pappy is your cousin your mama do the lordy lord yonder go your mama going out across the field running and shaking like an automobile i hollered at your mama and i told her to wait she slipped away from me like a cadillac eight now shes a running mistreater robber and a cheater pappy is your cousin slip you in the dozen your mama do the lordy lord i like your mama and like your sister too i did like your daddy but your daddy wouldnt do i met your daddy on the corner the other day you know by that that he was funny that way so now hes a funny mistreater robber and a cheater slip you in the dozen your papa is your cousin your mama do the lordy lord god made him an elephant and he made him stout he wasnt satisfied until he made him a snout made his snout just as long as a rail he wasnt satisfied until he made him a tail he made his tail just to fan the flies he wasnt satisfied until he made some eyes he made his eyes to look over the grass wasnt satisfied until he made his yes yes yes made his yes yes yes and didnt get it fixed wasnt satisfied until it made him sick it made him sick lord it made him well you know by that the elephant caught hell now hes a dirty mistreater robber and a cheater slip you in the dozen your pappy is your cousin your mama do the lordy lord