Gypsy woman told my mother on the day I was born Got a boy child comin', gon' be a son of a gun Gonna make pretty women jump and shout And the world wanna know, what's this all about Yes I am, everybody knows who I am They know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I a-am Now all you little women Member when I was seventeen and one Cause that was a year I got around to everyone But the years gone by, and I'm now nineteen I can eat nails, baby, you know what I mean Yes I am, everybody knows who I am They know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I a-am There you'd now Heuh-heuh-heuh-heuh Wow, hah-hah-hah! Ha-ha-ha On the s-seventh hour on the s-s-seventh day On the the seventh month the seventh doctor say This boy born for good luck, now you all gonna see Got seven hundered womens, so don't you mess with me Yes I am, everybody knows who I am They know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I a-am