[Intro]
Twenty-five cents? Ha! No! No!
I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to go in nowhere
'Cause listen here

[Verse 1]
Up in Harlem ev'ry Saturday night
When the highbrows get together it's just too tight
They all congregate at an all-night strut
And what they do is tut-tut-tut

[Verse 2]
Ol' Hannah Brown from 'cross town
Gets full of corn and starts breakin' 'em down
And at the break of day
You can hear ol' Hannah say

[Chorus]
"Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me again, I don't care
I feel just like I wanna clown
Give the piano player a drink because he's bringin' me down!"

[Verse 3]
He's got rhythm, yeah! When he stomps his feet
He sends me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and your guns
We gonna be wrestlin' when the wagon comes
[Chorus]
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me 'cause I don't care
Blame me 'cause I don't care

[Trumpet Solo]

[Chorus]
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me again, I don't care
I feel just like I wanna clown
Give the piano player a drink because he's bringin' me down

[Verse 4]
He's got rhythm, yeah! When he stomps his feet
He sends me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and your guns
Do the Shim-Sham Shimmy 'til the risin' sun

[Chorus]
Give me a reefer and a gang of gin
Save me 'cause I'm in my sin
Blame me 'cause I'm full of gin