To ok my baby to the hop last night What to my surp rise
W hen we got there she h it me with the news ri ght bet ween the ey es
She s aid she couldn't do the ch a cha cha My baby couldn't do the Ch a Cha Cha
S he co uldn't Cha Cha Cha No My ba by couldn't do the C ha Cha Cha
I to ld her not to worry now They'd play some other da nce
But we sat there for an hou r an a half And we nev er go t a ch ance
Cause eve ry song they played Was the Ch a Cha Cha.
Th ey played nothin' but the Ch a Cha Cha all night long eve n in that midh ight hour
E very number was the Cha Cha Cha
I told her not to worry There's still one thing w e can do
L et me take you by your ha nd tonight I want to t each this da nce to y ou.
I taught my baby how. .... I taught my baby how to ch a cha cha.
That time Right there ri ght on the s pot I ta ught my baby how to Ch a Cha Cha
W e kept on dancing for an hour or two What do you think I'd see ?
We hadn't practiced for a ti me or two around She was do ing it be tter than me .
Y ou know my baby loves to Cha Ch a Cha. Oh Oh. .. T here now eve ry night every day. Ooooo!!
T aught my baby how to C ha Cha Cha
E verybody loves to ch a cha cha. Li ttle children love to cha cha cha. Oh O h Da da d a
M y baby loves to Cha Cha Cha Ev erybody loves to Cha Cha Ch a.Com e on yo urself com e on come on
E verybody loves to C ha Cha Cha E very body loves the Ch a Cha Cha
S am Cooke himself i n the midnight ho ur Ev erybody loves to C ha Cha Cha.