by Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley
recording of 1955
from Bo Diddley's 16 All-Time Greatest Hits (Checker LP 2989), copyright notice
Now when I was a little boy,
at the age of five
I had somethin' in my pocket,
keep a lot of folks alive
Now I'm a man,
made twenty-one
You know baby,
we can have a lot of fun
I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N, man
All you pretty women,
stand in line
I can make love to you baby,
in an hour's time
I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N, man
I goin' back down,
to Kansas Stew
Bring back the second cousin,
Little Johnny the cocheroo
I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N, man
The line I shoot,
will never miss
The way I make love to 'em,
they can't resist
I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N, man
