Alright, is everybody ready?
Yeah! (yeah, smokey!)
Alright now, here we go
A one, a two, a one, two, three

Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Oh, alright, yeah

Well, this cat named Mickey came from out of town, yeah
He's been spreading this new dance all around
And in just a matter of a few days, yeah
This dance became the new teenage craze

The people see him dancin' they begin to see
(Lum de lum de lai)
See this cat do that monkey thing
(Lum de lum de lai)
It's really something to see
(Lum de lum de lai)
This cat named Mickey's doin that monkey
(Lum de lum de lai)

Come on, let's do Mickey's monkey, children
(Let's do Mickey's monkey)
Yeah, let's do Mickey's monkey, children
(Let's do Mickey's monkey, children)

Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Oh, lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)

Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)
Lum de lum de lai (lum de lum de lai)

Oh, monkey see, monkey do
(Lum de lum de lai)
Come on, you can do the monkey too
(Lum de lum de lai)
Come on, you're doing Mickey's monkey, children
(Doing Mickey's monkey, children)
Yeah, you're doing Mickey's monkey, children
(You're doing Mickey's monkey, children)

Do the monkey (do the monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
Oh, do the monkey (do the monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)
Mickeys's monkey (Mickey's monkey)

One more time
Lum de lum de lai-ai (lum de lum de lai-ai)
Lum de lum de lai-ai (lum de lum de lai-ai)

Copyright: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Writer(s): Brian Holland, Edward Jr. Holland, Lamont Dozier