There's a little girl in our neighborhood   Her name is Charlette Johnson and she's really lookin good   I had to go and see her, so I called her on the phone   I walked over to her house, and this was goin' on   Her brother was on the sofa eatin chocolate cake   Her momma was in the kitchen cuttin' chicken up to fry   Her daddy was in the backyard rollin' up a garden hose   I was on the porch with Charlotte feelin love down to my toes      Chorus      And we were swingin'   Yes we were swingin'   Little Charlotte she's as pretty   As the angels when they sing   I can't believe I'm out here      On the front porch in this swing   Just a-swingin'      (Instrumental)      (Chorus)      Now Charlotte's she's a darlin', she's the apple of my eye   And when I'm on the swing with her it makes me almost high   And Charlotte is my lover and she has been since the spring   I just can't believe it started on her front porch      in this swing