Origineel
Took my baby to the hop last night
What to my surprise
When we got there, she hit me with the news
Right between the eyes
She said she couldn’t do the cha cha cha
My baby couldn’t do the cha cha cha
She couldn’t cha cha cha
No she couldn’t cha cha cha
My baby couldn’t do the cha cha cha
I told her not to worry no
They’d play some other dance
But we sat there for an hour and a half
And we never got a chance
For every song they played was the cha cha cha
They played nothing but the cha cha cha
All night long, gimme the midnight hour (all night)
Every number was a cha cha cha
I told her not to worry
There’s still one thing we can do
Let me take you by your hand tonight
I wanna teach this dance to you
Come on baby ha (baby)
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha that time
Right there right on
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha
Kept on dancing for an hour or two
What do you think I’d see
We hadn’t practiced for a time or two around
She was doing it better than me
You know my baby loves the cha cha cha
Oh oh yeah now every night every day
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha
Everybody loves the cha cha cha
Little children love the cha cha cha oh whoa
Come on cha cha cha
Baby loves the cha cha cha
Everybody loves the cha cha cha
Come on yourself come on come on now
Everybody loves the cha cha cha (come on)
Every now every one
They love the cha cha cha
Every night every night
Everybody loves the cha cha cha (ay)
Everyone ooh
Sam Cooke himself in the midnight hour
Everybody loves the cha cha cha oh whoa
Vertaling
Ik nam mijn baby gisteravond mee naar de hop.
Wat tot mijn verbazing
Toen we daar aankwamen, vertelde ze me het nieuws.
Recht tussen de ogen
Ze zei dat ze de cha cha cha niet kon doen
Mijn baby kon de cha cha cha niet doen
She couldn’t cha cha cha
No she couldn’t cha cha cha cha
My baby couldn’t do the cha cha cha
I told her not to worry no
Ze zouden wel een andere dans spelen
Maar we zaten daar anderhalf uur
En we kregen nooit een kans
Want elk liedje dat ze speelden was de cha cha cha
Ze speelden niets anders dan de cha cha cha
All night long, gimme the midnight hour (all night)
Every number was a cha cha cha
I told her not to worry
There’s still one thing we can do
Laat me je vanavond bij je hand nemen
I wanna teach this dance to you
Come on baby ha (baby)
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha that time
Right there right on
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha
Ging door met dansen voor een uur of twee
What do you think I’d see
We hadden een keer of twee niet geoefend
Ze deed het beter dan ik.
You know my baby loves the cha cha cha
Oh oh yeah now every night every day
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha
Everybody loves the cha cha cha
Little children love the cha cha cha oh whoa
Come on cha cha cha
Baby loves the cha cha cha
Everybody loves the cha cha cha
Come on yourself come on come on now
Everybody loves the cha cha cha (come on)
Every now every one
They love the cha cha cha
Every night every night
Everybody loves the cha cha cha (ay)
Everybody ooh
Sam Cooke himself in the midnight hour
Everybody loves the cha cha cha oh whoa