| This is a song of the old time proverbs yay
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| This is a song of the old time proverbs, hey, hey
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| How water walk go a pumpkin belly? |
| Whoa, whoah
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| Who asks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
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| From down inna country
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| She said saw I want to know
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| She said saw I want to know-oh- oh
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| How water walk go a pumpkin belly?
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| Lord God have mercy, hey
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| Who aks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
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| From down inna country
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| Grandma, oh yes I know, I won’t tell you now
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| She said saw, seem like your selling cow (telling a lie)
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| Seem like your selling holy-cow
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| How water walk go a pumpkin belly? |
| Whoa-oh-oh
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| Who aks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
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| From down inna country
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| That was a old time proverbs
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| That was a old time proverbs
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| That was a old time, Lord proverbs, oh
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| She say you must think a so
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| Queen of England sit down 'pon throne?
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| Think a so Sugar, Sugar Belly
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| Became the king of the saxophone?
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| Whatsoever you want, got to work very hard to gain
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| Whatsoever you want, she said
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| I got to work hard, hard to gain!
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| To gain-gain, to gain-gain
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| I really got to work very hard to gain, so
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| How water walk go a pumpkin belly? |
| Whoa-oh-oh
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| Who aks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
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| From down inna country
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| She said saw, you must be going on like a ginal, whoa
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| I said no grandma, I know ba-diddly-yow
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| I won’t tell you now
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| She said son, don’t sell no gow
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| I want you to tell me now, what you say hey
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| How water walk go a pumpkin belly? |
| Whoa-oh-oh
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| Who aks me dat, nuh me ole time granny
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| Hey, hey, hey, hey
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| But grandma, I am young, you better have sympathy
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| So, it would be better if you ask my mummy, hey, hey |