They're Red Hot
by Robert Johnson
From the album: The Complete Recordings
Track 15 of 41 on The Complete Recordings (1990).
Duration: 2:56
Lyrics for They're Red Hot
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 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 It's 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 (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 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 (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, yes Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got'em for sale, I mean Yes she got'em for sale, yeah
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