Blind Willie McTell — Beedle Um Bum

Down in Memphis, Tennessee, lived a girl named Jenny She run an eats shop on the block, she always kept good gimmy That was a meal, was tadpole shield, you couldn't resist for tryin' Everytime you'd pass her door you'd hear Miss Jenny cryin' Oh, my beedle um bum Come and see me when you ain't had none Made a dumb man see, a lame man run You miss something when you don't get none Of my beedle um bum, oh my beedle um bun Best beedle um that upset Tennessee Every day about ten o'clock, go down to the station Folks that came in town she'd give a little invitation Every day from noon till night, how she'd keep them sellin' Beedle 'em hot and beedle 'em cold, you could hear Miss Jenny yellin' Oh, my beedle um bum Come and see me when you ain't had none Cause they ain't built small, they're not built wide Just built up till the medium size My beedle um bun, oh my beedle um bum Best beedle um that upset Tennessee The gal I love, she won't stand, she loves home brew and toddy Every time you take her to a fancy ball, she'll flirt 'most everybody Then I took her out Cadillac ride, out to the fields of clover Tried to make everything pacified when the pleasure all was over Then she took me to her home, sat down outside the door Did keep a rainin' and I couldn't go home, she was so fine 'cross the floor Talked all right, she talked all right Then she hugged and kissed till it made me sick Wringin' and twistin', made me lose my Beedle um bum, my beedle um bum Come and see me when you ain't had none 'Cause you don't have to hurry and you don't have to go Get a little bit you want some more Of my beedle um bum, oh my beedle um bum It's the best beedle um that popped up in Tennessee