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Intro 1

This Yankee man

Verse 1
like to bet
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and he like to fight when he lose
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In the club he comes every night for bet,
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especially when the booze
The other night he telling me
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that is up in New York City
They invented the joke
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Em 
and he willing to bet it en
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rich Trinidad as yet
So I take him, ten dollars to two,
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I could joke more than you
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Twenty dollars to three,
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you can't joke more than me
I can't do the twist,
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nor the mashed potato at all
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But when it comes to joke,
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I've been jokin' from since I was
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small
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This joke that he talkin' bout
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is a dance that will drive you wild
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Bm 
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Them Yan kees just find it all
so they're jokin'
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and makin' style
Wouldn't they be surprised to know
I learned the joke before Calypso
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Right now I could give you a
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demonstration,
Em 
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I got the joke in the palm of my hand
Mama, ten dollars to two,
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I  could joke more than you
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Twenty dollars to three -fifty,
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you can't joke more than me
I can't do the twist,
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nor the mashed potato at all
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But when it comes to joke,
Em 
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I say I've been joking from since I was
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small
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I  say I know the boogaloo,
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the mashed potato and camel walk
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The twist and the monkey too
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are a few dances out of New York
But not the joke my Yankee pal,
you can't get away with that at
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all
Christopher Columbus
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Em 
met the natives of this land
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in a joking competition
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I  take him ten dollars to two,
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G 
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I  could joke more than you
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Twenty dollars to three,
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you can't joke more than me
I can't do the twist,
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mashed potato does give me corn
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But when it comes to joke,
Em 
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I started to joke from the day I'm
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born
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This Yankee man start to abuse,
he say he hate every West Indian
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All we could do was carry news,
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play cricket,
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sing Calypso and beat Steel Band
Finally he stake up the bet,
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and never laughed so much yet
You know I couldn't take him on,
it was too unfair
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He's jokin' with the two long
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hands in the air, singin'
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Ten dollars to two,
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D 
I could joke more than you
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D 
Twenty dollars to three,
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you can't joke more than me
I can't do the twist,
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nor the mashed potato at all
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But when it comes to jerk,
Em 
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D 
they say I've been jerkin' from
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since I was small
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