Mashed Potato Time

Label

Cameo

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Composer(s)

Jon Sheldon, Harry Land

Entered Chart

Mar 3, 1962

Peak Date

May 5, 1962

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Cameo 212

B-Side

Set My Heart At Ease

It's the latest
It's the greatest
Mashed Potato (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

A Mashed Potato started long time ago
With a guy named Sloppy Joe
You'll find this dance is so cool to do
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you

(Mashed Potato) Hear that groovy beat now
(Mashed Potato) Come on and twist your feet now, baby
(It's the latest) Come on, honey
(It's the greatest) Come on, baby
(Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

And then this dance just grew and grew
They look for records, they could do it to
They found this dance was out of sight
Doin' the lion sleeps tonight

(Mashed Potato) Yeah, a weem o wep a weem o wepa
(Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(It's the latest) Aw, baby
(It's the greatest) Come on, honey
(Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now everybody is doin' fine
They dance along or a big boss line
And they discovered it's the most, man
The day they did it to "Please Mr. Postman"

(Mashed Potato) Wait a minute, wait a minute
(Mashed Potato) Deliver de letter
(It's the latest) Come on, baby
(It's the greatest) Oh, honey
(Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well they got with it, more and more
You ought to see 'em around the floor
The Mashed Potato took a long long list
They even do it to "Dear Lady Twist"

(Mashed Potato) Stand up from your chair now
(Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(It's the latest) Come on, baby
(It's the greatest) Oh, honey
(Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Mashed Potato) Feel the groovy beat, yeah