| When I was a little bitty boy | 
| My grandmother bought me a cute little toy | 
| A drum with jingles in between | 
| Said «Take care of your tambourine» | 
| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I do like to shake my tambourine | 
| My tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I keep on shaking my tambourine | 
| When I started Sunday School | 
| To learn to live by the Golden Rule | 
| I got happy and caused a scene | 
| Rose up and shook my tambourine | 
| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I do like to shake my tambourine | 
| My tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I keep on shaking my tambourine | 
| Once, I remember in grammar school | 
| I was talking to a girl in the vestibule | 
| She dug my music and my routine | 
| I showed her how to shake my tambourine | 
| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I love to shake my tambourine | 
| My tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I’ma keep on shaking my tambourine | 
| Soon as we finished junior high | 
| Had my tambourine standing by | 
| I took her graduation ring | 
| And linked it up with my tambourine | 
| Oh, my tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I keep on shaking my tambourine | 
| My tambourine, my tambourine | 
| I keep on shaking my tambourine |