Little Egypt:The Coasters.
#23 on Rock charts & #16 on R&B
in 1961.
#1.
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I went and bought myself a ticket and
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I sat down in the very first row, whoa whoa.
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They pulled the curtain and then when
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they turned the spotlight way down low, whoa, whoa.
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Little Egypt came out strutting, wearing nothing but a
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button and a bow, whoa, whoa.
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Singing, Ying yang, Ying Yang..Ying yang, Ying yang...
#2.
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She had a ruby on her tummy and a diamond big
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as Texas on her toe, whoa, whoa.
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She let her hair down and she did the hoochie-koochie
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real slow, whoa, whoa.
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When she did her special number on a Zebra skin,
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I thought she'd stop the show, whoa, whoa.
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Singing, Ying yang, ying yang..ying yang, ying, yang..
CHORUS:
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She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground,
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she winked at the audience and then she turned around.
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She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,
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it said, Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.
#3.
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Yeah, but, let me tell you people, Little Egypt doesn't
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dance there anymore, whoa, whoa.
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She's too busy mopping and taking care of shopping
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at the store, whoa, whoa.
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Cause we got seven kids and all day long they
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crawl around the floor, whoa, whoa.
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Singing, Ying yang..ying yang..ying yang..ying yang(x2)(fade)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.