FUNKY ROBERTA
Author unknown
Sung by Bill Carle and men of Alpha Co. 2/12
Guitar: Bill Klevins & John Stone
Recorded at Camp Rainier, Vietnam 1967
Funky Roberta put her drawers out on the line,
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta put her drawers out on the line,
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Her drawers so funky, sun refused to shine.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta hung her drawers on “Buhl’s” front porch.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta hung her drawers on “Buhl’s” front porch.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Her drawers so funky, Buhl don’t live there no more.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta hung her drawers on the railroad tracks.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta hung her drawers on the railroad tracks.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Her drawers so funky, the train started backing back!
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta hung her drawers out on the line.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Roberta, Roberta hung her drawers out on the line.
(Funky woman, smelly woman)
Her drawers so funky, sun refused to shine.
Guitar solo:
Roberta, Roberta— all night long,
Roberta, Roberta— all night long,
Roberta, Roberta— all night long,
Roberta, Roberta— all night long,
Ro-berta —
Ro-berta —
Funky woman….F-u-n-k-y!