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Mama Does the Kangaroo Lyrics by The Flatlanders

Treasure of Love

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[Verse 1]
Well, everybody dancin' on a Saturday night
Mama and Papa got it down so tight
They do a slow dance and a fast one too
Papa does the monkey, Mama does the kangaroo

[Verse 2]
Mama and Papa practice everything they preach
They took little baby sister down to the beach
They took the whole fam-damn-ily on down to the zoo
That's where Papa does the monkey and Mama does the kangaroo

[Chorus]
Papa does the monkey
Mama does too
Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo

[Verse 3]
Now you wanna do the monkеy, get out on a limb
And tickle your ribs until your eyеs grow dim
That'll be the monkey and it'll feel good too
Papa does the monkey, Mama does the kangaroo

[Verse 4]
And you wanna do the kangaroo, don't be a chump
Get a little runnin' start and jump, jump, jump
Keep a-jumpin' 'til the music's through
That'll be the monkey and that'll be the kangaroo

[Chorus]
Papa does the monkey
Mama does too
But when Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo, yeah, yeah
Papa does the monkey
Mama does too
But when Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo

[Verse 5]
I saw the rhino wreakin' havoc on the floor
Danced with everybody, everybody wanted more
I saw the giraffe drinkin' a long-neck brew
I saw Papa do the monkey and Mama do the kangaroo

[Chorus]
Papa does the monkey
Mama does too
But when Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo
Papa does the monkey
Mama does too
But when Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo
When Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo
When Papa does the monkey
Mama does the kangaroo

About “Mama Does the Kangaroo” by The Flatlanders

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"Mama Does the Kangaroo" appears on "Treasure of Love".

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