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