Talkin' Lion Blues - C.W. Stoneking

O-lay-eeeeeee

O-lay-ee-ee-ee

O-de-o-lay-ee-oh-oh

O-da-lay-eee

I was over in Africa minin' for gold

O-ooh, minin' for gold

Come along a big lion, caught me in my hole

O-de-lay-eee, caught me in my hole

The lion said «Buddy, you plumb outta luck»

O-da-lay-eee, you plumb outta luck

Made a lunch for me, lawd, I had to duck

O-de-lay-eee, I had to duck

I jabbed that lion right clean in the jaw

O-ooh, right clean in the jaw

Picked up his tail, dragged him cross the floor

O-de-lay-eee, dragged him cross the floor

I chained him up in the back of my truck

O-ooh, in the back of my truck

Said, «What's that you had to say about luck?»

O-de-lay-eee, that you said about luck

The first place I took him was ten miles away

O-ooh, ten miles away

Told the people, «Listen what this lion can say»

O-de-lay-eee, what this lion can say

The lion looked round, he started to cry

O-ooh, he started to cry

Said, «This man punched me and he blackened my eye»

O-da-lay-eee, and he blackened my eye

The people got angry, they started to shout

O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee-eee

Lion said, «That's what I was talkin' about»

O-de-lay-eee, oh-oh, lawd, lawd

They hauled me up the courthouse stairs

O-ooh, up the courthouse stairs

The judge was a monkey in an old wicker chair

O-de-lay-eee, in an old wicker chair

The monkey said, «Guilty», and the people all cheered

O-ooh, and the people all cheered

He slammed his gavel, said «Twenty five years»

O-da-lay-eee, said twenty five years

I’m in Africa wearin a ball and chain

O-de-lay-ee, a ball and chain

I’ll never mess with a talkin' lion again

O-ooh, talkin' lion again