Tennessee Mambo - June Carter

They’re really shaking down in Tennessee

They love the rhythm in a Latin key

You hear it and you drop for romance

And everyone yells that stance

When they play the Tennessee Mambo

Tennessee Mambo

We shake ‘til we’re numbo

We shake ‘til we groan

Knees knocking, hips rocking

Crazy swaying to and fro

Act like a native around a tom-tom

I’m a doing the Tennessee Mambo

Every night it’s like a Saturday

When you hear fiddles and maracas play

You know you’re going to live it up and so

You grab a gal and then let her go

When they play the Tennessee Mambo

Tennessee Mambo

We shake ‘til we’re numbo

We shake ‘til we groan

Knees knocking, hips rocking

Crazy swaying to and fro

Act like a native around a tom-tom

I’m a doing the Tennessee Mambo

We’re really shaking down in Tennessee

They love the rhythm to a Latin beat

The old square dance fiddles used to play

Are now square all day

When they play the Tennessee Mambo

Tennessee Mambo

We shake ‘til we’re numbo

We shake ‘til we groan

Knees knocking, hips rocking

Crazy swaying to and fro

Act like a native around a tom-tom

I’m a doing the Tennessee Mambo

The Quadrille doesn’t have a chance no more

Since the tune arrived from Ecuador

The old square dance fiddles used to play

Are mighty square all day

When they play the Tennessee Mambo

Tennessee Mambo

We shake ‘til we’re numbo

We shake ‘til we groan

Knees knocking, hips rocking

Crazy swaying to and fro

Act like a native around the tom tom I’m doing the Tennessee Mambo