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They're Red Hot by Robert Johnson

Performed by
Robert Johnson
Produced by
Don Law
About

Is this not one of the grooviest acoustic tracks ever?

This song was recorded on November 27, 1936, in an improvised studio in San Antonio, Texas. Vocalion Records issued it on a 78 rpm record, with “Come On in My Kitchen” as the B side in 1937.

Some say it has suggestive themes about prostitution...

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They’re Red Hot Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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
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

[Verse 5]
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
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 'em for sale, I mean
Yes, she got 'em for sale, yeah

[Verse 6]
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
You know grandma left, she left grandpa too
Well I wonder what in the world we chillun gon' do now
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
Yes she got 'em for sale

[Verse 7]
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
Me and my babe bought a V-8 Ford
Well we wind that thing all on the runnin' board, yes
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
Yes she got 'em for sale, yeah

[Verse 8]
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale
They're too hot boy!
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes, now she got 'em for sale
You know the monkey, now the baboon playin' in the grass
Well the monkey stuck his finger in that old "Good Gulf Gas", now
Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale, I mean
Yes she got 'em for sale, yeah

[Verse 1]
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 girl, say she long and tall
Now 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

They’re Red Hot Q&A

Who wrote They’re Red Hot's ?

They’re Red Hot was written by Robert Johnson.

Who produced They’re Red Hot's ?

They’re Red Hot was produced by Don Law.

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