Talkin' Lion Blues Lyrics - Jungle Blues - C.w. Stoneking

O-da-lay-eeeeee 

O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee 

O-de-o-lay-ee-oh-oh 

O-da-lay-eee 

I was over in Africa mini' for gold 

O-oooh, min' for gold, 

Come along a big lion, caught me in my hole 

O-de-lay-eee, caught me in my hole 

The lion said "Buddy, you plumb outta luck" 

O-da-lay-eee, you plumb outta luck, 

Made a lunge for me, lawd, I had to duck 

O-de-lay-eee, I had to duck 

I jabbed that lion right clean in the jaw 

O-oooh, right clean in the jaw 

Picked up his tail, dragged him cross the florr 

O-de-lay-eee, dragged him cross the floor 

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I changed him up in the back of my truck 

O-oooh, in the back of my truck 

Said, "What's that you had to say about luck?" 

O-de-lay-eee, that you said about luck 

The first place I took him was ten miles away, 

O-ooh, ten miles away 

Told the people, "Listen what this lion can say" 

O-de-lay-eee, what this lion can say 

The lion looked round, he started to cty, 

O-ooh, he started to cry, 

Said, "This man punched me and he blackened my eye" 

O-da-lay-eee, and he blackened my eye. 

The people got angr, they started to shout, 

O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee-eee 

Lion said, "That's what I was talkin about" 

O-de-lay-eee, oh-oh, lawd, lawd. 

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They hauled me up the courthouse stairs, 

O-oooh, up the courthouse stairs 

The judge was a monkey in an old wicker chair 

O-de-lay-eee, in an old wicker chair. 

The monky said, "Guilty", and the people all cheered, 

O-oooh, and the people all cheered 

He slammed his gravel, said "Twenty five years" 

O-da-lay-eee, said twenty five years 

I'm in Africa wearin a ball and chain, 

O-de-lay-ee, a ball and chain, 

I'll never mess with a talkin lion again 

O-oooh, talkin lion again