Kewpie Doll (with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers)

Well, I took my baby to the carnival And I heard that barker yell (hey, hey) Come on an' win yourself a purdy Kewpie doll All you gotta do is ring the bell Well, I swung the hammer just as hard as I could And you should have heard the wild applause (hooray) When bong went the bell And the man said Well, I guess the Kewpie doll is yours (yeah, yeah) I said, gimmie a doggie or a teddy bear Or a high school banner for my wall 'Cause I got me a real live Kewpie doll And she's the cutest one of them all Kew-kew-kewpie doll Kew-kew-kewpie doll Kew-kew-kewpie doll Kew-kew-kewpie doll And then, we walked down the midway 'Till we saw a a crowd an' the man said Try your skill 5 shots for a quarter Make a duck hit the water And give your little baby a thrill Well, my baby smiled, and she kissed me once And I felt I was 9 feet tall Oh, 5 shots crashed, and the 5 ducks splashed And the man gave me a Kewpie doll I said, gimmie a doggie or a teddy bear Or a high school banner for my wall 'Cause I got me a real live Kewpie doll And she's the cutest one of them all Kew-kew-kewpie doll Kew-kew-kewpie doll Kew-kew-kewpie doll Kew-kew-kewpie doll Ah, then, my baby said, "Honey, let me try my luck" And knock the milk bottles off the shelf You should have seen this chick She was a dead-eye Dick Hey, I couldn't do it better myself And then my face got red, and my chest swelled up And my eyes bugged outta my head 'Cause when the prize turned out to be a Kewpie doll This is what my baby said, she said Gimmie a doggie or a teddy bear Or a high school banner for my wall 'Cause I got me a real live Kewpie doll And cutest one of them all I said, she's the cutest one of them all (kew-kew-kewpie doll) And she's the cutest one of them all (kew-kew-kewpie doll) And she's the cutest one of them all (oh yeah)