| There ain’t nothin' I can do, or nothin' I can say
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| That folks don’t criticise me,
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| But I’m going to do just as I want to anyway,
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| And don’t care if you all despise me!
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| If I should take a notion
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| To jump into the ocean,
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| 'T'aint nobody’s business if I do, do, do!
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| If I go to church on Sunday,
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| Then just shimmy down on Monday,
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| 'T'aint nobody’s business if I do, if I do!
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| If my friend ain’t got no money,
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| And I say, «Take all mine, honey»,
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| 'T'aint nobody’s business if I do, do, do do!
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| If I give him my lasy nickel,
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| And it leaves me in a pickle,
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| 'T'aint nobody’s business if I do, if I do!
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| There, I’d rather my man was hittin' me,
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| Than to jump right up and quittin' me,
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| 'T'aint nobody’s business if I do, do, do do!
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| I swear I won’t call no copper
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| If I’m beat up by my papa,
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| 'T'aint nobody’s business if I do, if I do! |