| Walkin' down the street this mornin'
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| Full of my good gin
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| A lady was in the doorway she said
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| «Mister, won’t you come on in?»
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| She wanted me to clean her house
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| Move her furniture around
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| Said she would bake a jelly roll
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| And it would be nice and brown
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| But I got fooled
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| Yes, I got fooled
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| Well, don’t you know I got fooled
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| She was jivin' me all the time
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| She said, «I own this apartment
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| And I got a big blue Buick Sedan
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| All that I need
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| Is just a handy man»
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| You know that she promised me
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| When the work was through
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| That I could have my way
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| And do anything I wanted to
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| But I got fooled, sonny
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| Yes, I got fooled, buddy
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| Don’t you know I got fooled
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| She was jivin' me all the time
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| I hear you, boy
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| But I went on and cleaned her house
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| From the front to the back
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| Cleaned out every corner
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| I didn’t even miss a crack, uh huh
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| She promised me a kiss
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| And a great big hug
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| Sweep down my stairs now
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| And beat my bedroom rug
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| But I got fooled, sonny, yes, you did, boy
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| Yes, I got fooled, buddy
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| Don’t you know I got fooled
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| She was jivin' me all the time
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| In the evenin' about five o’clock
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| I said, «House lady, I’m through
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| Come on and tell me now exactly
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| What in the world are we gonna do?»
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| She said, «We gonna dance all night long
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| And have plenty of good gin»
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| Soon as she spoke those words
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| You know her husband come walkin' in
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| I got fooled, sonny, yes, you did, boy
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| I got fooled, buddy
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| Don’t you know I got fooled
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| She was jivin' me all the time
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| Oh, that’s a shame for you to wait like that
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| And get fooled in the end |