Lyrics
Hmm...
Expression of uncertainty or contemplation.
Mama bought a rooster, she thought it was a duck
Mother mistakenly bought a rooster, thinking it was a duck.
She brought him to the table with his legs straight up
She placed the rooster on the table with its legs pointing upward.
In came the children with a cup and a glass
Children come with a cup and a glass to catch a liquid, possibly from the rooster.
To catch the licker from the yas-yas-yas
They aim to catch the liquid from the "yas-yas-yas," a term with ambiguous meaning.
Babe oh babe, have you ever been to Spain
Reference to experiences in Spain, mentioning voodoo women with mysterious rituals.
These old voodoo wimmen shakin' their thing
Describing the eccentric dancing of voodoo women.
They got rings on their fingers, bells on their toes
Women adorned with rings and bells on their fingers and toes.
What they got, baby, nobody knows
Uncertain qualities possessed by these women.
I'm goin' down, Market Street
Heading to Market Street where men and women gather.
Where the men and wimmen all do meet
Market Street as a social hub.
That's where the men do the Georgia Rub
Men perform the "Georgia Rub" dance, women join with a tub.
The wimmen fall in line with a big white tub
Women participate in the dance with a big white tub.
Me and my gal walkin' down the street
Narrator and his girlfriend walking; she gets rheumatism in her feet.
She caught the rheumatism in her feet
Girlfriend suffers from rheumatism.
She stooped over to pick some grass
She bends to pick grass and experiences a problem in the "yas-yas-yas."
And the same thing struck 'r in the yas-yas-yas
Similar issue occurs in the "yas-yas-yas" region.
You catch the train you call ""Forty Nine""
Refers to catching the train named "Forty Nine" to Caroline.
Carries you down to Caroline
Train journey to Caroline.
You catch the train you call ""Forty Eight""
Reference to catching the train "Forty Eight" to the Golden Gate.
Takes you right in to the Golden Gate
Train journey to the Golden Gate.
You shake your shoulders, you shake 'em fast
Shaking shoulders is ineffective; only the "yas-yas-yas" can be shaken.
You can't shake your shoulders shake your yas-yas-yas
Emphasizes the unique shaking of the "yas-yas-yas."
Drink some rooster soup before goin' to bed
Suggests drinking rooster soup before bed, but warns of potential consequences.
Wake up in the mornin' find your own self dead
Drinking rooster soup may lead to an unfortunate outcome in the morning.
Down on Morgan there's a good location
Refers to a good location on Morgan Street next to a gasoline station.
Right there next to a gasoline station
Describes the location next to a gasoline station.
That's where you get your cars oiled and greased
Where cars get oiled and greased; women invite men inside.
Wimmen cryin' ""Honey won't you come in please""
Women calling men to enter the location.
I'm goin' to sing this verse, ain't gonna sing no mo'
Declaring the intention to sing one more verse.
Somebody's knockin' on my do'
Someone is knocking on the narrator's door.
The people upstairs have gone to bed
People upstairs have gone to bed, and the noise needs to stop.
I better stop that noise 'fore they crash my head
The narrator decides to end the noise to avoid disturbing those upstairs.
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