Closest to the bone   Sweeter is the meat   Last slice of Virginia ham   Is the best that you can eat      Don't talk about my baby   She's slender but she's sweet   Closest to the bone   And sweeter is the meat      Now she'd make a good thermometer   If she drank a glass of wine   She's built just like a garter snake   She climbs up like a vine      My friends tell me I'm a fool   To love a girl like that   Here's the reason I like 'em slim   Instead of big and fat      'Cause closest to the bone   Sweeter is the meat   Last slice of Virginia ham   Is the best that you can eat      Now don't talk about my baby   She's slender but she's sweet   Umm, closest to the bone   And sweeter is the meat      Let's go      Yeah, let's go, yeah, boy   Attaboy   One more, one more   One more, one more   Yeah, boy      In the moonlight   Yeah, closest to the bone, yeah   Ahh, look out now      Now she'd make a first class fountain pen   If she only knew how to write   Her figure's like a piece of string   Umm, she rolls up every night      Everybody thinks that I'm a nut   To love this lovely worm   Boy there's one reason I like 'em slim   Instead of round and firm      'Cause closest to the bone   Sweeter is the meat   Last slice of Virginia ham   Is the best that you can eat      Now don'cha talk about my baby   She's slender but she's sweet, umm   Closest to the bone   Umm, sweet, I got another one now   Listen here      Umm, she'd make a fine piccolo   If she only stayed on key   Boy, she's shaped like a rubber band   And she loves to snap at me      Everybody thinks I'm insane   To overlook her faults   But here's the reason I like 'em skinny   Instead of full of schmaltz      'Cause closest to the bone   Sweeter is the meat   Last slice of Virginia ham   Is the best that you can eat      Don't talk about my baby   She's slender but she's sweet   And it's closest to the bone   And sweeter is the meat