Queenie Take Me Home.mp3 "QUEENIE TAKE ME HOME"

words and music by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick copyright BMI/ASCAP

QUEEN CLEOPATRA AND HER ROYAL CREW WERE WALKING BY THE NILE, EGYPTIAN STYLE. THEY STOPPED FOR SOME CAKE WHEN A LITTLE BITTY SNAKE CRAWLED OUT OF THE GRASS AND SIGHED:

QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME WITH YOU; QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME WITH YOU. THAT LITTLE ASP WAS HEARD TO GASP: QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME. WHOA! BA DE LA PA BA DE LA PA BA DE LA PA BA DE LA PA DO DE O DA DA DA DA DA DA DOW

SHE GAVE THAT SNAKE A PRIVATE ROOM
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO KING TUT'S TOMB.
SHE FED HIM GRAPES AND BARBECUE
AND TOOK HIM FOR A RIDE IN HER TUTU.

SHE THOUGHT HE WAS HER FRIEND; SHE THOUGHT HE WAS HER FRIEND, BUT SHE GOT HAD. THAT SNAKE WENT BAD
AND HE BIT HER IN THE END.

QUEEN CLEOPATRA AND HER CRANKY OLD ASP WERE SMOOCHING ON THE COUCH WHEN THE QUEEN CRIED "OUCH." THEN THAT DIRTY LITTLE VARMINT SLITHERED OUT OF HER GARMENT. YOU COULD BARELY HEAR HIM SAY:

ALL QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME WITH YOU; QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME WITH YOU. THAT LITTLE ASP WAS HEARD TO GASP: QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME. WHOA! BA DE LA PA BA DE LA PA BA DE LA PA BA DE LA PA DO DE O DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DOW

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME DOWN ON THE NILE? YOU KNEW I'D FALL FOR YOUR SCHOOLGIRL SMILE. YOU CALLED ME SWEET PATOOTIE; YOU SAID YOU'D BE TRUE. YOU SAID THE SAME THING TO ANTONY, TOO. I GOT AN AUGUR AND IT'S AWFUL LARGE. I'LL BORE A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF YOUR BARGE. THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IT FROM CAIRO TO ROME. THEY'LL SAY YOU SHOULDA TAKEN ME HOME.

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QUEENIE, TAKE ME; QUEENIE, TAKE ME; QUEENIE, TAKE ME HOME!

featuring Helen Geller, Klea Blackhurst, Emily Mikesell, Mike Craver, Mark Nadler, Eileen Barnett, and Lenny Wolpe