| Beatrice, she got a phonograph, and it won’t say a lonesome word
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| Beatrice, she got a phonograph, but it won’t say a lonesome word
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| What evil have I done, what evil has the poor girl heard
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| Beatrice, I love my phonograph, but you have broke my windin' chain
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| Beatrice, I love my phonograph, ooh, honey, you have broke my windin' chain
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| And you’ve taken my lovin', and give it to your other man
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| Now, we played it on the sofa, now, we played it 'side the wall
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| My needles have got rusty, baby, they will not play at all
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| We played it on the sofa, and we played it 'side the wall
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| But my needles have got rusty, and it will not play at all
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| Beatrice, I go crazy, baby, I will lose my mind
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| And I go cra’eeh, honey, I will lose my mind
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| Why’n’t1 you bring your clothes back home, and try me one more time
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| She got a phonograph, and it won’t say a lonesome word
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| She got a phonograph, ooh, won’t say a lonesome word
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| What evil have I done, or what evil have the poor girl heard |