# Are there generally accepted lyrics to Have A Tequila?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-generally-accepted-lyrics-to-have-a-tequila/951216 "2021-09-23T20:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-generally-accepted-lyrics-to-have-a-tequila/951216/1 "2021-09-23T20:18:41Z")

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Have A Tequila is a parody of Hava Nagila. The thing is, I’ve only heard these partial lyrics:

♫ _Have a tequila_  
_Have a tequila_  
_Have a tequila_  
_[something something something]_ ♫

♫ _Uncle Herschel brought some schnapps_  
_[Rachel] brought malted hops_  
_You can’t get them in the shops_  
_Because it’s not a thing_ ♫

But I can’t find those lyrics online. I peeked at a couple of pages, and they have different lyrics from each other.

So are there any generally accepted lyrics for Have A Tequila? (And yes, I’m aware of Harvey and Sheila, but that’s not about tequila. 😉 )

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-generally-accepted-lyrics-to-have-a-tequila/951216/2 "2021-09-24T11:16:23Z")

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The lyrics I’m familiar with:

Have a tequila  
Have two tequilas  
Have three tequilas  
They are very small.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-generally-accepted-lyrics-to-have-a-tequila/951216/3 "2021-09-24T13:49:47Z")

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> [@Mark\_Finn](#):
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> They are very small.

Not the way I have them.