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lyrics

Whip that fiddle, like a monkey in the middle, I got my feet flying up in the air
20 yard dash, I'm a pan in the flash, I'm a-talkin' backwards, I'm a be-bop smash

What's the sound of one hand clapping? It's a jug band in the woods!
Repeat knee slap, please clap, we'd lose our minds, honey, if we could

Shut up and kiss me, you silly fool
Oh but look: Flying saucers, rattlesnakes, my true love's name etched in wood!

Slim and Slam, Shim and Sham, Caroline, Alabam'
Tear down that flag, we're driving back, gonna zoom across this land on a zen beat rag

10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more
It's on the auction block and out the door
You can buy it, you can try it, you can make it your own
Looks real nice, send it home

Flim flam on the slam I'm coming in cold
Flipping and a floppin it's a helluva show
Kickin up the dust, pour it on the floor
Anyone and everyone is wanting some more

She said shut and kiss me cause I'm a fool
Well, no I'm not, I'm just lost here, picking up games with silly rules

Bring up the love, drop out the hate
Who's gonna talk about a 51st state?
Slice it up now, folks, before it's too late
We're living here in a dream, you don't have to wait

I'm a Chinaman in Oklahoma ("Quote-Unquote!"), I drive a limousine…
No, actually, I'm a butterfly in Texas
My wings aflutter in a Ginsberg dream

Root-toot-tootie-hey-MacVouty
Hellzapoppin in my head
I drove 72 hours
But was the destination really ever there?

I'm sad and lonely I...don't know what to do
I think the pills are be wearing off, I think it's time to go back to school

Slim and Slam, Shim and Sham, Caroline, Alabam'
Tear down that flag, we're driving back, gonna zoom across this land on a zen beat rag

Vout vout-o-vout-ee
Vout! Vout!

Vout vout-o-vout-ee
Vout! Vout!

Vout-o-la, Vout-o-la, Vout-o-la
ohhh
Vout-o-la, Vout-o-la, Vout-o-la
o-lahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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from Hold That Tiger, released November 1, 2018

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The Muddy Basin Ramblers Taipei, Taiwan

Hello! We're Formosa's Favorite Hepcats, playing jug band, blues, string band and swing jazz...and original music inspired by all of the above. Founded in 2003 by US/UK expats living in Taipei,Taiwan. 大家好！我們是泥灘地浪人！

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