Chubby Checker Mashed Potato Time Lyrics:
(It's the latest.)
(It's the greatest.)
(Mashed Potato.)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Ooo.) Mashed Potato started long time ago (wah-ooo),
With a guy named Sloppy Joe (wah-ooo).
You'll find this dance is a-cool to do (wah-ooo),
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you.

(Mashed Potato.) Hear that groovy beat, now.
(Mashed Potato.) Come on and squish your feet now.
Baby, (It's the latest.)
Come on, baby, (It's the greatest.)
Come on, honey, (Mashed Potato.)
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.

(Ooo.) And then they dance just drew and grew (wah-ooo),
They look for records they could do it to (wah-ooo),
They found this dance 'tis a-outta sight (wah-ooo),
To, "When the Lion Sleeps Tonight [4] ."

(Mashed Potato.) A whipper wet to wim [b] oweht-a [5] .
(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Baby, (It's the latest.)
Come on, baby, (It's the greatest.)
Come on, honey, (Mashed Potato.)
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Workout!

Instrumental break with backup singing "Wah-ooo."]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Ooo.) Now everybody is a-doin' fine (wah-ooo),
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They dance alone or in a big boss line (wah-ooo).
And they discovered it's the most, man (wah-ooo),
The day they did it to, "Please Mr. Postman."

(Mashed Potato.) A-wait a minute, wait a minute.
(Mashed Potato.) Deliver de letter.
(It's the latest.) Come on, baby,
(It's the greatest.) Come on, honey,
(Mashed Potato.) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Ooo.) Well, they got with more and more (wah-ooo),
Ya ought to see 'em 'round the floor (wah-ooo),
The Mashed Potato took a long, long list (wah-ooo),
[Fade.]
They even do it to "Dear Lady Twist" [6] .

(Mashed Potato.) Get up from your chair, now...


[MASHED POTATO TIME]
[Written by: Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddy Gorman,
Eddie Holland]
[Produced by: Kal Mann. [1] ]
[Performed by: Chubby Checker [2] ]
[Appears on: Discotheque-1965 [3] .]

[1] Both Dee Dee Sharp and Chubby Checker recorded for Cameo Parkway and both
were produced by Kal Mann. So if the backup singers and instrumentation on
this version sound the same to you as they do on Chubby Checker's version,
you're right.]

[2] [Originally recorded by Dee Dee Sharp in 1962. Other covers: The Sonics,
& the Ventures.]

[3] [Transcribed from the track on this album.]

[4] ["The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song by The Tokens from 1961. One of the
words from that song is "a-wimoweh." Inexplicably, Checker adds a "b" to
the middle of the word and a "t" to the end of the word in this song.]

[5] ["Please, Mr. Postman" is a song by The Marvelettes from 1961.]

[6] ["Dear Lady Twist" is a song from 1962 first recorded by Gary "U.S." Bonds
and covered by Chubby Checker.]
Lyrics: Mashed Potato Time, Chubby Checker [end]