Lyrics
Alright, is everybody ready?
Yeah! (yeah, smokey!)
Alright now, here we go
A one, a two, a one, two
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Oh, alright, yeah
Well, this cat named Mickey came from out of town, yeah
He's been spreading this new dance all around
And in just a matter of a few days, yeah
This dance became the new teenage craze
The people see him dancin' they begin to see
(Lum de lum de lai)
See this cat do that monkey thing
(Lum de lum de lai)
It's really something to see
(Lum de lum de lai)
This cat named Mickey's doin that monkey
(Lum de lum de lai)
Come on, let's do Mickey's monkey, children
(Let's do Mickey's monkey)
Yeah, let's do Mickey's monkey, children
(Let's do Mickey's monkey, children)
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Oh, lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Oh, monkey see, monkey do
(Lum de lum de lai)
Come on, you can do the monkey too
(Lum de lum de lai)
Come on, you're doing Mickey's monkey, children
(Doing Mickey's monkey, children)
Yeah, you're doing Mickey's monkey, children
(You're doing Mickey's monkey, children)
Lum de lum de lai-ai (lum de lum de lai-ai)
Yeah, lum de lum de lai-ai (lum de lum de lai-ai)
Do the monkey (do the monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
Oh, do the monkey (do the monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
One more time
Lum de lum de lai-ai (lum de lum de lai-ai)
Lum de lum de lai-ai (lum de lum de lai-ai)
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Alright
(Alright) alright
(Alright) alright
Brian Holland, Edward Jr. Holland, Lamont Dozier
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.