| I went down in the alley
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| Trying to sell my coal today
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| I went down in the alley
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| Trying to sell my coal today
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| When a woman come out and hollered
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| Scared my mule away
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| She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| She had the boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum-bum
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| I went down with that man Jackson
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| To sell his ice and coal
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| I went down with that man Jackson
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| To sell his ice and coal
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| But he spendin' all his money
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| Buyin' sweet jelly roll
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| He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| He had the boodle-de, boodle-de, boodle-de-bum-bum
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| We went down on 18th and Central
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| Just two blocks west of State
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| We went down on 18th and Central
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| Just two blocks west of State
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| And when he saw them pretty women
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| Man, I could not wait
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| He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| He had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| Jackson had the boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum-bum
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| What’d she say?
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| She said money don’t excite me
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| And that we all know well
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| She said money don’t excite me
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| And that we all know well
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| Now Jackson pulled out a hundred dollars
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| Man, she almost fell
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| She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| She had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| Jackson had the boodle-de, boodle-de, boodle-de-bum-bum
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| Now, they talked like this
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| Oh no, Jackson, I won’t do it
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| Well, I did it
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| Yeah
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| He got down on all on fours
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| Boy, she start to run
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| Oh, Jackson, what you gon do?
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| He got down on all on fours
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| Man, she start to run
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| She had that boy’s big paycheck
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| Said, «Gals, I had some fun!»
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| I had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| I had the boodle-de-bum-bum
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| Jackson had the boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum, boodle-de-bum-bum |