| Bessie couldn’t help it
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| Bessie couldn’t help it
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| Bessie couldn’t help it any more
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| Than you could or I could
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| Bessie couldn’t help it though she tried to be good
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| Oh, so good
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| She was pretty as the heaven’s above
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| Oh, boy but how she could love
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| Bessie had affection that was simply wonderful, terrible
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| But Bessie couldn’t help it any more
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| Than you could or I could
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| When she smiled you were bound to fall, that’s all
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| A boy kissed Bessie in the parlor one night
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| Why, oh, why did she yell with delight?
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| ‘Cause Bessie couldn’t help it any more
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| Than you could or I could
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| Aww, dum pe dum, now people listen
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| Bessie couldn’t help it any more
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| Than you could or I could
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| No, Bessie couldn’t help it though she tried to be good
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| Oh, so good
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| She was pretty as the heavens above
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| And oh, boy how that girl could love
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| Bessie had affection that was simply wonderful
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| Bop, bop be de oww
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| Bessie couldn’t help it any more
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| Than you could or I could
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| Now when she smiled you were bound to fall, that’s all boy
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| Boy kissed Bessie in the street one night
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| My oh, my, how she yelled with delight
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| Bessie couldn’t help it any more
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| Than you could or I could |