[Intro]
Hot tamales and they're red hot
Hot tamales and they're red hot
Hot tamales and they're red hot
Hot tamales and they're red hot

[Verse 1]
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
Well I got a girl, she long and tall
Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale, oh yeah
Yeah, she got 'em for sale

[Verse 2]
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
You get two for a nickel, four for a dime
Would sell you more, but you ain't gettin' mine
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale, oh yeah
Yeah, she got 'em for sale, red hot!

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[Verse 3]
Yeah, hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
Well then grandma left, and grandpa too
Wonder what in the world we chillun gon'
'Cause they're hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale, oh yeah
Yeah she got 'em for sale
[Verse 4]
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale
Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot tamales, yeah she got 'em for sale
You know the monkey and the baboon playin' in the grass
Monkey stuck his finger in that old "Good Gulf Gas"
Oh, red hot, yeah she got 'em for sale, yeah
Yeah she got 'em for sale, oh yeah
Yeah she got 'em for sale, oh yeah
Yeah she got 'em for sale