I got a job as a short-order cook. I was cooking a chicken on the
rotisserie, I was turning the wheel and I was singing "Arrivederci, Roma,"
and a drunk came by and he said, "You got a nice voice but your monkey's on
fire."
-- London Lee
rotisserie, I was turning the wheel and I was singing "Arrivederci, Roma,"
and a drunk came by and he said, "You got a nice voice but your monkey's on
fire."
-- London Lee
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