Back in history lived a mystery, 'Way down on the Nile,
Such a naughty queen you have never seen,
Vamping, vamping all the while,
Oh the things she did by the Pyramid Caused a lot of talk;
All the crocodiles wore such naughty smiles
When she took a walk.
CHORUS:
Cleopatra had a little song,
It started Egypt going wrong,
A naughty little tune that she sang night and noon,
She old Cairo humming "Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum,
Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum;"
Cleopatra did a little dance,
They sold the house out in advance,
All the wives departed ev'ry time she started,
Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum, Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum.
Cleopatra had a little song,
It started Egypt going wrong,
That quivery refrain drove all the men insane,
They came for miles to hear her "Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum,
Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum;"
Cleopatra, you were going some,
You were Wrigley long before the gum,
Ev'ry alligator tried to imitate her,
Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum, Ya-da-da-da-pum-pum.