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[Male (M) and Female (F) voices alternate]F: (Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke)M: You keep me waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin', you're a slow pokeF: You wait and worry but I never seem to hurry, I'm a slow pokeM: Time means nothin' to you, I wait (you wait) and thenF: Late again, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, quarter to tenM: Why should I linger every time you snap your finger, little slow poke?F: Why can't I hasten when I see the time's a-wastin'? I'm a slow poke, dearM: Why should I keep tryin' to change you? It's not the thing to doF: Here's the thing to do-I guess you'll have to learn to be a slow poke, too (slowpoke, too)F: (Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke)ALL: We keep on waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin', what a slow pokeWe wait and worry but there's never any hurry, what a slow pokeTime means nothin', you see, we wait and thenLate again, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, quarter to tenM: Why should I linger every time you snap your finger, little slow poke? (slowpoke)Why can't you hasten when you see the time's a-wastin'? You're a slow poke,dearF: Why do you keep tryin' to change me? It's not the thing to doM: Then I guess I'll have to learn to be a silly old slow poke, tooF: Slow poke, slow poke, you're a silly old slow pokeM: Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow pokeBOTH: Slow poke! From Letras Mania