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Took my baby to the hop last night, What to my surprise,
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When we got there she hit me with the news right between the eyes

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She said she couldn't do the cha, cha, cha My baby couldn't do the Cha Cha Cha
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She couldn't Cha Cha Cha  No  My baby couldn't do the Cha Cha Cha

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I told her not to worry now, They'd play some other dance
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But we sat there for an hour an a half And we never got a chance

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Cause every song they played Was the Cha, Cha, Cha.
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They played nothin' but the Cha Cha Cha, all night long even in that midhight hour
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Every number was the Cha Cha Cha

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I told her not to worry, There's still one thing we can do,
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Let me take you by your hand tonight, I want to teach this dance to you.

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I taught my baby how.....  I taught my baby how to cha, cha, cha.
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That time, Right there, right on the spot I taught my baby how to Cha, Cha, Cha

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We kept on dancing for an hour or two, What do you think I'd see?
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We hadn't practiced for a time or two around, She was doing it better than me.

[Chorus]
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You know my baby loves to Cha, Cha, Cha. Oh, Oh... There now,,, every night, every day. Ooooo!!
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Taught my baby how to Cha, Cha, Cha
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Everybody loves to cha, cha, cha. Little children love to cha, cha, cha. Oh,,, Oh,,, Da da da
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[Outro]
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Everybody loves to Cha Cha Cha  Every body loves the Cha Cha Cha
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Sam Cooke himself in the midnight hour  Everybody loves to Cha, Cha, Cha.