Little Egypt:Downliners Sect.
DNC in UK but were very popular
in Sweden. This song hit #2 on
the Swedish Rock Charts on COLUMBIA
Records in 1964.
INTRO:(SPOKEN:)
Step right up folks and see Little Egypt do
the dance of the pyramids.
She walks, she talks, she crawls on her belly
like a reptile.
Just one thin dime, onetenth of a dollar..step
right up, folks!!
#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.
A
Little Egypt came out strutting, wearing nothing but a
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button and a bow, whoa, whoa.
G
Singing, Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..let me tell you 'bout
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Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..
#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.
G
She let her hair down and she did the hoochie-koochie
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real slow, whoa, whoa.
A
When she did her special number on a Zebra skin,
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I thought she'd stop the show, whoa, whoa.
G
Singing, Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..let me tell you 'bout
D
Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..
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,
G#
it said, Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.
#3.
D
Yeah, but, let me tell you people, Little Egypt doesn't
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dance there anymore, whoa, whoa.
G
She's too busy mopping and taking care of shopping
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at the store, whoa, whoa.
A
Cause we got seven kids and all day long they
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crawl around the floor, whoa, whoa.
G
Singing, Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..let me tell you 'bout
D
Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..
OUTRO:
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We want to know about.. Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..let me tell you 'bout
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Eeeegypt..Eeeegypt..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
