I'm Gonna Tell On You

I’m gonna tell, I’m gonna tell
I’m gonna holler and I’m gonna yell
I’ll get you in trouble for everything you do –
I’m gonna tell on you!

I’m gonna tell that you’ve been smoking pot
I’m gonna tell that you get high a lot
And I’ll tell the fuzz where your hemp patch is, too –
I’m gonna tell on you!

I told my Ma that a trip I would take
She thought nothing wrong could go on, on a lake –
But there’s lots of room in an Old Town canoe
I’m gonna tell on you!

I’m gonna tell ‘bout the time we got lost
I’m gonna tell how much trouble it cost
That trip to San Juan cost an awful lot too –
I’m gonna tell on you!

I’m gonna tell that you pinched me and bit me
I’m gonna tell how you whipped me and hit me
But I won’t tell people that I asked you to –
I’m just gonna tell on you!

Original by Rosalie Sorrels, “I’m Gonna Tell”
This parody: Adrienne Baptiste and Peter Himot 1960

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