When I was about 16 years old,
Sarah would marry nobody not to save their soul but that bug,
yes, that little bug.
Well, that little bug that
keeps on ticklin' me
My mother told me not
to never run around
Stayed home like it
old enough to marry and
settle down
But that bug, yes, that little bug
Yeah, that little bug that
keeps on ticklin'
me
It's my desire to be good, nice and kind
But the way that I'm feelin' I'll
have to change my mind
Cause that bug, yeah, that little bug
Oo h, that little bug that keeps on ticklin' me
Yes, now,
Mama, I want you to stop and think
You say I'm sassy,
Mama, but no, no, it ain't
Mama, it's that bug
Yeah,
Mama, it's that little bug
Yeah, that same little bug, mama,
that tickled you one day
People ask me why I leave
home before I was grown
I've got business got to be carried on,
mama, that bug
Yeah, that bug
Yeah, that little old bug, baby
Keeps on tickin' me.