Oh, I've got ten little fingers and ten little toes
Down in Tennessee, waiting there for me
I've never had a baby called me Dada
How proud you're going to be when you bounce him on your knee
And then I'll kiss every finger and kiss every toe
At home sweet home you’ll linger, yes, he'll need you there, I know
He only weighs about 10 lbs, and just one day old
But he's worth more to you than all the world and it's gold

Oh, I've got tеn little fingers and ten littlе toes
Waiting down in Tennessee for me
I live on 10th Street, house is number 10
Took ten years to build by 10 lazy men
Got 10 chickens laying every day, early in the morn’ 10 eggs in the hay
Was married 9 times, never had a child
Now I've got the 10th wife, I'm simply wild
Got a little stranger, 1 day old
But then early in the morn’ we’ll soon have

Ten little fingers and ten little toes
Down in Tennessee, waiting there for me
Oh, how I'll hold it, tenderly, and fold it
When nighttime shadows creep, you will lull him fast asleep
And then I'll kiss every finger and kiss every toe
At home sweet home you’ll linger, yes, he'll need you there, I know
If he looks like his mother, what a child he must be
But if he looks like you, well, he's got my sympathy
Oh, I've got ten little fingers and ten little toes
Waiting down in Tennessee for me