i went and bought myself a ticket and i sat down in the very first row they pulled the curtain but then when they turned the spotlight way down low little egypt came out a struttin wearing nothin but a button and a bow singing ying ying ying ying ying ying ying ying she had a ruby on her tummy and a diamond big as texas on her toe she let her hair down and she did the hoochie coochie real slow when she did her special number on the zebra skin i thought she d stop the show she did her triple somersault and when she hit the ground she winked at the audience and then she turned around she had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine said phoenix arizona 1949 yeah but let me tell you people little egypt doesn t dance there anymore she s too busy mopping and a takin care of shopping at the store cause we ve got seven kids and all day long they crawl around the floor 