The Miracles
Mickey’s Monkey
[Intro]
Alright, is everybody ready?
Yeah! (Yeah, Smokey!)
Alright now, here we go
A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three
Lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
Lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
Oh
Alright
Yeah
[Verse 1]
Well, this cat named Mickey came from out of town, yeah
He was spreading a new dance all around
In just a matter of a few days, yeah
This dance became the new teenage craze
When the people see him dancing, they began to see (Lum de lum de li-i)
They see this cat do that monkey thing (Lum de lum de li-i)
It's really something to see (Lum de lum de li-i)
This cat named Mickey doing that monkey (Lum de lum de li-i)
[Chorus]
Come on, let's do Mickey's Monkey, children
(Let's do Mickey's Monkey, children)
Yeah, let's do Mickey's Monkey, children
(Let's do Mickey's Monkey, children)
Lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
Oh, lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
[Break]
Lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
Lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
[Verse 2]
Oh, monkey see, monkey do (Lum de lum de li-i)
Come on, you can do the monkey too (Lum de lum de li-i)
Come on, they're doing Mickey's Monkey, children
(They're doing Mickey's Monkey, children)
Yeah, they're doing Mickey's Monkey, children
(They're doing Mickey's Monkey, children)
[Outro]
Do the monkey (Do the monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
Whoa, a-do the monkey (A-do the monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
One more time, lum de lum de li-i-i-i
(Lum de lum de li-i-i-i)
Lum de lum de li-i (Lum de lum de li-i)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright