a.k.a. A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN

chorus:
When you hear them-a bells go ding, ling, ling,
All join 'round and sweetly you must sing,
And when the verse is through, in the chorus all join in,
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight.

verse 1:
Come along get you ready, wear your brand, brand new gown,
For there's goin' to be a meeting in that good, good old town
Where you know-ded everybody and all know-ded you,
And you've got a rabbit's foot to keep away the hoo-doo.
When you hear that the preachin' does begin,
Bend down low for to drive away your sin,
And when you get religion, you want to shout and sing
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, my baby.

verse 2:
There'll be girls for everybody in that good, good old town,
For dere's Miss Consolation Davis and there's Miss Gondolia Brown,
And dere's Miss Johanna Beasly, she am dressed all in red,
I just hugged her and I kissed her and to me, then, she said:
"Please, oh please, oh do not let me fall.
"You're all mine, and I love you best of all;
"And you must be my man, or I'll have no man at all.
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, my baby."

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Words by Joe Hayden and Theodore Metz
Chemical Tribe Lyrics