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Barrel House Bessie From Basin Street
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Anita O'Day
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They call her Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street
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She used to yodel cadenzas for the social elite
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And then she happened to meet
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The kid with the drum and the Dixieland beat
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He was a barrelhouse baron from Macon, GA
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His name was Muggles McGregor and he wore a toupee
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He taught poor Bessie to care
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But she couldn't swing so he gave her the air
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He left poor Bessie with a union card and seven years of unpaid dues
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That's when she gave up her cadenzas and began to sing the Basin Street Blues
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But don't feel sorry for Bessie she's now on the screen
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Her cat its' collar is ivory and she's rolling in green
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Poor Bess the world's at her feet
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Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street
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She's doin' alreet!
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They call her Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street
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I'm the gal who met the drummer with the Dixieland beat
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That's the drummer with the Dixieland beat
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He left poor Bessie and never paid his dues (Well how 'bout him?)
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That's when she gave up tryin' to sing them blues, blues, blues
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But don't feel sorry for Bessie she's now on the screen
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Her cat its' collar is ivory and she's rolling in green
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Poor Bess the world's at her feet
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She's the Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street (Hey boy)
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She's doin' alreet!
Anita O'Day - BarrelHouse Bessie
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