Lyrics:

(Robert Johnson)

Hot tamales1 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

Its 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

[Spoken:] 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


[Spoken:]

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