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Let me tell you 'bout Willie the weeper |
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Willie the weeper was a chimney sweeper |
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He had the hop habit and he had it bad |
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Listen while I tell you 'bout a dream he had. |
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho) |
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Willie went to a hop-joint late last night |
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He knew that the light would be burnin' bright |
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I guess he must've smoked a dozen pills or more |
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'Cause when he woke up he was on a foreign shore. |
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho) |
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The queen of Belgium was the first he met |
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She called him her darlin' and her lovin' pet |
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She gave him a genuine Ford automobile |
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With a diamond headlight and silver steering wheel. |
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho) |
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She had a million cattle and she had a million sheep |
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She had a million vessels in the ocean deep |
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She had a million dollars all in nickels and dimes |
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He knew it 'cause he counted them a million times. |
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho) |
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Willie got to New York one night late |
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He called his sugar baby up for a date |
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He got funny and began to shout |
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And blim-blam-bloom, well, the dope give out. |
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Hi-de-hi-de-hi (Hi-de-hi-de-hi) Ho-de-ho-de-ho (Ho-de-ho-de-ho) |