[MINGO, MOOSE & SAM, sung]
The real American folk song is a rag
A mental jag
A rhythmic tonic
For the chronic blues
The critics called it a joke song, but now
They've changed their tune
And they like it somehow
For it's inoculated
With a syncopated
Sort of meter
Sweeter
Than a classic strain
Boy, you can't remain
Still and quiet
For it's a riot
The real American folk song
Is like a fountain of youth
You taste and it elates you
And then invigorates you
The real American folk song
Masterstroke song
Is a rag!

Ee ooh woo-oooh ooh-we-ooh-ooh
Woo-de-woo-do ooh-ooh-ee-ooh
Woo-de-woo-do ooh-ooh-ee-ooh
Thе real American folk song
Is like a fountain of youth
You tastе and it elates you
And then invigorates you

[COMPANY, sung]
The real American folk song

[MINGO, MOOSE & SAM, sung]
Yippie yi-yoh ki-yay ki-yoh!

[COMPANY, sung]
The real American folk song

[MINGO, MOOSE & SAM, sung]
Hoodle-lee hoo-day-ee hoodle-ee hoo-day-ee-oh!

[COMPANY, sung]
The real American folk song is a rag
What a rag!