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	Current version of Chubby Checker Lyrics Mashed Potato Time (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/c/chubby-checker/mashed-potato-time...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 4 of Chubby Checker Lyrics Mashed Potato Time (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/c/chubby-checker/mashed-potato-time...) Version 4 of the lyrics
	(It's the latest.)						(It's the latest.)
	(It's the greatest.)						(It's the greatest.)
	(Mashed Potato.)						(Mashed Potato.)
	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.						Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1	(Ooo.) a-Mashed Potato started long time ago-ho-ho,						(Ooo.) Mashed Potato started long time ago (wah-ooo),	1
2	(Wah-ooo.) With a guy named a-Sloppy Joe.						With a guy named Sloppy Joe (wah-ooo).	2
3	(Wah-ooo.) You'll find this dance is a-cool to do,						You'll find this dance is a-cool to do (wah-ooo),	3
4	(Wah-ooo.) Come on baby, gonna teach it to you.						Come on baby, gonna teach it to you.	4
	(Mashed Potato.) Hear that groovy beat, now.						(Mashed Potato.) Hear that groovy beat, now.
5	(Mashed Potato.) Come on and squish your feet now, baby.						(Mashed Potato.) Come on and squish your feet now.	5
6	(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,						Baby, (It's the latest.)	6
7	(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,						Come on, baby, (It's the greatest.)	7
8	(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.						Come on, honey, (Mashed Potato.)	8
1							Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.	1
2								2
3							(Ooo.) And then they dance just drew and grew (wah-ooo),	3
4							They look for records they could do it to (wah-ooo),	4
5							They found this dance 'tis a-outta sight (wah-ooo),	5
6							To, "When the Lion Sleeps Tonight[4]."	6
9	(Ooo.) And then this dance just drew and grew,						(Mashed Potato.) A whipper wet to wim[b]oweht-a[5].	9
10	(Wah-ooo.) They look for records they could do it to,						(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.	10
11	(Wah-ooo.) They found this dance 'tis a-out of sight,						Baby, (It's the latest.)	11
12	(Wah-ooo.) To, "When        the Lion Sleeps Tonight[4]."						Come on, baby, (It's the greatest.)	12
13							Come on, honey, (Mashed Potato.)	13
14	(Mashed Potato.) A wim[b]oweht, a-wim[b]oweht-a[4].						Yeah, yeah, yeah. Workout!	14
1	(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby.							1
2	(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,							2
3	(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,							3
4	(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Workout!							4
15	[Instrumental break with backup singing "Wah-ooo."]						Instrumental break with backup singing "Wah-ooo."]	15
	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.						Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
16	(Ooo.) Now everybody is a-doin' fine,						(Ooo.) Now everybody is a-doin' fine (wah-ooo),	16
17	(Wah-ooo.) They dance alone or in a big boss line.						They dance alone or in a big boss line (wah-ooo).	17
18	(Wah-ooo.) And they discovered it's the most, man,						And they discovered it's the most, man (wah-ooo),	18
19	(Wah-ooo.) The day they did it to, "Please Mr. Postman[5]."						The day they did it to, "Please Mr. Postman."	19
	(Mashed Potato.) A-wait a minute, wait a minute.						(Mashed Potato.) A-wait a minute, wait a minute.
	(Mashed Potato.) Deliver de letter.						(Mashed Potato.) Deliver de letter.
	(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,						(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,
	(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,						(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,
	(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.						(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
20	(Ooo.) Well, they got with more and more,						(Ooo.) Well, they got with more and more (wah-ooo),	20
21	(Wah-ooo.) You ought to see 'em 'round the floor,						Ya      ought to see 'em 'round the floor (wah-ooo),	21
22	(Wah-ooo.) The Mashed Potato took a long, long list,						The Mashed Potato took a long, long list (wah-ooo),	22
	[Fade.]						[Fade.]
23	(Wah-ooo.) They even do it to "Dear Lady Twist"[6].						They even do it to "Dear Lady Twist"[6].	23
	(Mashed Potato.) Get up from your chair, now...
7							(Mashed Potato.) Get up from your chair, now...	7
8								8
9								9
10							[MASHED POTATO TIME]	10
11							[Written by: Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddy Gorman,	11
12							Eddie Holland]	12
13							[Produced by: Kal Mann.[1]]	13
14							[Performed by: Chubby Checker[2]]	14
15							[Appears on: Discotheque-1965[3].]	15
16								16
17							[1]Both Dee Dee Sharp and Chubby Checker recorded for Cameo Parkway and	17
18							both were produced by Kal Mann. So if the backup singers and	18
19							instrumentation on this version sound the same to you as they do on the	19
20							version by Dee Dee Sharp, you're right.]	20
21								21
22							[2][Originally recorded by Dee Dee Sharp in 1962. Other covers: The Sonics,	22
23							& the Ventures.]	23
24								24
25							[3][Transcribed from the track on this album.]	25
26								26
27							[4]["The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song by The Tokens from 1961. One of the	27
28							words from that song is "a-wimoweh." Inexplicably, Checker adds a "b" to	28
29							the middle of the word and a "t" to the end of the word in this song.]	29
30								30
31							[5]["Please, Mr. Postman" is a song by The Marvelettes from 1961.]	31
32								32
33							[6]["Dear Lady Twist" is a song from 1962 first recorded by Gary "U.S." Bonds	33
34							and covered by Chubby Checker.]	34

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