Barrelhouse Bessie From Basin Street

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