They're Red Hot

(Robert Johnson) 

Hot tamales1 and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
I got a girl, say she long and tall 
She sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes, she got'em for sale, yeah 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
She got two for a nickel, got four for a dime 
Would sell you more, but they ain't none of mine 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes, she got'em for sale, yes, yeah 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
I got a letter from a girl in the room 
Now she got something good she got to bring home soon, now 
Its hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got em for sale, I mean 
Yes, she got'em for sale, yeah 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got em for sale 
[Spoken:] They're too hot boy! 
The billy got back in a bumble bee nest 
Ever since that he can't take his rest, yeah 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes you got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes, she got'em for sale 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 

[Spoken:] 
Man don't mess around em hot tamales now 
'Cause they too black bad, if you mess around em hot tamales 
I'm gonna upset your backbone, put your kidneys to sleep 
I'll due to break away your liver and dare your heart to beat bout my 

Hot tamales cause they red hot, yes they got em for sale, I mean 
Yes, she got em for sale, yeah 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
You know grandma loves them and grandpa too 
Well I wonder what in the world we children gonna do now 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes she got'em for sale 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Me and my babe bought a V-8 Ford 
Well we wind that thing all on the runnin' board, yes 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes she got'em for sale, yeah 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
[Spoken:] They're too hot boy! 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes, now she got em for sale 
You know the monkey, now the baboon playin' in the grass 
Well the monkey stuck his finger in that old 'Good Gulf Gas', now 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes she got'em for sale, yeah 

Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale 
I got a girl, say she long and tall 
Sleeps in the kitchen with her feets in the hall 
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean 
Yes she got'em for sale, yeah