| O-lay-eeeeeee
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| O-lay-ee-ee-ee
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| O-de-o-lay-ee-oh-oh
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| O-da-lay-eee
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| I was over in Africa minin' for gold
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| O-ooh, minin' for gold
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| Come along a big lion, caught me in my hole
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| O-de-lay-eee, caught me in my hole
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| The lion said «Buddy, you plumb outta luck»
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| O-da-lay-eee, you plumb outta luck
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| Made a lunch for me, lawd, I had to duck
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| O-de-lay-eee, I had to duck
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| I jabbed that lion right clean in the jaw
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| O-ooh, right clean in the jaw
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| Picked up his tail, dragged him cross the floor
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| O-de-lay-eee, dragged him cross the floor
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| I chained him up in the back of my truck
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| O-ooh, in the back of my truck
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| Said, «What's that you had to say about luck?»
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| O-de-lay-eee, that you said about luck
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| The first place I took him was ten miles away
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| O-ooh, ten miles away
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| Told the people, «Listen what this lion can say»
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| O-de-lay-eee, what this lion can say
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| The lion looked round, he started to cry
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| O-ooh, he started to cry
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| Said, «This man punched me and he blackened my eye»
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| O-da-lay-eee, and he blackened my eye
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| The people got angry, they started to shout
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| O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee-eee
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| Lion said, «That's what I was talkin' about»
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| O-de-lay-eee, oh-oh, lawd, lawd
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| They hauled me up the courthouse stairs
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| O-ooh, up the courthouse stairs
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| The judge was a monkey in an old wicker chair
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| O-de-lay-eee, in an old wicker chair
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| The monkey said, «Guilty», and the people all cheered
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| O-ooh, and the people all cheered
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| He slammed his gavel, said «Twenty five years»
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| O-da-lay-eee, said twenty five years
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| I’m in Africa wearin a ball and chain
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| O-de-lay-ee, a ball and chain
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| I’ll never mess with a talkin' lion again
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| O-ooh, talkin' lion again |