| Elsie is sweetest girl I know
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| Elsie, sweetest girl I know
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| If you didn’t love me, Elsie
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| Why didn’t you tell me so?
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| Now, I followed Elsie
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| Right to the jumpin' off ground
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| I followed Elsie
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| To the jumpin' off ground
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| But I never felt sorry
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| 'Til I let my baby down
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| Now, I followed my baby
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| Long, long days and long nights
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| I followed my baby
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| Long, long days and long nights
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| I followed my babe
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| 'Til I see she wasn’t gon' treat me right
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| You can misuse me here, now, now
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| But you can’t when I go home
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| You can mistreat me, here
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| But you can’t when I go home
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| Elsie, I got somebody there
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| Will really make you leave me alone
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| Now, I give you all my lovin', Elsie
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| What mo' can a po' man do?
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| I gave you all my lovin', Elsie
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| What mo' can a po' man do?
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| You’s a sweet little girl, Elsie
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| But I swear you won’t be true
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| Now, you can’t have me, Elsie
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| Now, now and my partner, too
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| 'Take your time'
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| You can’t have me, Elsie
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| And my partner, too
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| 'Cause you know good n' well, baby
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| Oh, baby that won’t do
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| Now, I followed you some dance, now
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| An' you juke-juke all the time
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| I follow you to them dance
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| An' then you juke-juke all the time
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| You juke-juke, so that I’d
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| Wouldn’t pay you no mind
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| Now, if you don’t quit jukin', baby
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| That’s gon' be alright
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| If you don’t quit jukin', baby
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| That’s gon' be alright
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| If yo' good man don’t see ya
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| I’ll try an see ya tomorrow night |