Listen while I sing to you Um! Um! root-a-loot-a-loo Of a girl in Timbuctoo Um! Um! Doo-ma-rink-y-doo. In her nose she wears a ring Gosh! Ding! Pretty little thing! She will lamp you then she'll vamp you Fall time then means spring Coo-Coo! Some stew! The birds now sing for you. Oh, oh! This happy Hottentot has got Got got got Got a dinner pot That seems to say I welcome you Jump right in and join our stew And oh,oh! They'll be a lot of you to stew Stew stew stew I'm a telling you And all her royal Zulu band Wait with empty plates in hand To meet you, greet you Glad to eat you Happy Hottentot. In her hut behind the hill Hill! Hill! She's a daffodil! Listen to the whippoorwill Lil! Lil! She is dressed to kill. Queen of all the Hottentots Tots! Tots! Rotten Hottentots When she dances she entrances Ev'ry move's a treat. She moves, she moves, Her moves are hard to beat. Oh! Oh! This happy Hottentot has got Got got got Got an awful lot Of something, you know what I mean No, I don't mean gasoline! But, oh oh! She does a funny little step Step step step Shows a lot of pep And if the night is nice and warm She will dance in perfect form To host you, toast you, Then she'll roast you Happy Hottentot. Oh! Oh! Oh! This happy Hottentot has got Got got got Got an awful lot Of ways that make you fall some how Oh boy, she's the cat's meow! And, Oh! Oh! There never was another vamp Vamp vamp vamp Who was such a champ She'll make a present, you will bring Then she'll start and crown you king She'll woo you, coo you, Then she'll stew you Happy Hottentot.
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