I studied evil, I can't deny, Was a hoodoo charm called a Love Me or Die, Some fingernail, a piece of her dress, Apocathery, Devil's behes' I will relate
"That's right folks, who knows what strange wonders awaits our expeditioners on this journey to the dark corners of the globe, for this scientific purpose
Papa played a swingin' horn, Back once in a dream Left it underneath the bed, Shipped outta New Orleans There's his picture, it was taken before the war
His name would always be, always be recorded in history His name would always be, always be recorded in history It gives me inspiration to sing, his heroic
O-da-lay-eeeeee O-da-lay-ee-ee-ee O-de-o-lay-ee-oh-oh O-da-lay-eee I was over in Africa mini' for gold O-oooh, min' for gold, Come along a big lion,
It was deep in the Jungles of Africa, Where the bugs is thick as fleas, And the heat will drive sane men crazy, And the water's full o' disease I went
You hear me singin, Down in the bottom of the world, A thousand miles from nowhere, dreamin bout a girl She used to love me but I, went away, They gonna
I studied evil, I can't deny, Was a hoodoo charm called a "Love Me or Die", Some fingernail, a piece of her dress, Apocathery, Devil's behes' I will
