They All Ask’d for You Songtext
von The Meters

Hey, Lamba
Crawfish étouffée
They all asked for you

I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all ask for you
They all ask for you (for who?)
Well, they even inquired about ya
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo
And they all asked for you
The monkeys asked
The tigers asked
And the elephant asked me, too

(Ah, do it!)
(Read beans, rice)
(Oh, doggy)

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom
Boom, boom
Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom


Hey, Lamba (hey Lamba, hey Lamba, hey Lamba)
Red beans and rice
Creole gumbo

I went on up to the big ol′ sky
And they all ask for you (for who?)
They all ask for you
Well, they even inquired about ya
I went on up to the big ol' sky
And they all ask for you
The ducks asked
The eagles asked
And the buzzard asked me, too

(Do it, do it)
(Hey Lamba, hey Lamba)
May the bon ton roulette

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom
Boom, boom
Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom


Hey, Lamba (hey Lamba, hey Lamba)
Grits and fish drippin′s
And a crawfish bisque l'étouffée
Boiled willies and tomato paste
Do it
Put your hands together

I went on down to the deep blue sea
And they all ask for you (for who?)
They all asked for you (for me?)
Well, they even inquired about ya
I went on down to the deep blue sea
And they all asked for you (for me?)
The shark asked
The whale asked
And the barracuda asked me, too

They all asked for you (early in the morning)
All asked for you (early in the morning)
Everybody there, crawling nowhere, they all ever ask for you
They all asked for you (early in the morning)
They all asked for you (every in the evening)
Everybody there, running nowhere, they all ever ask for you