THE CAT'S GOT THE MEASLES

Now, the cat's got the measles, the dog's got the whooping cough
The cat's got the measles, the dog's got the whooping cough
Dog-gone the man let a woman be his boss.

I ain't the devil, fall in the lion's den
I ain't the devil, fall in the lion's den
But my chief occupation's taking women from their monkey-men

I ain't good-looking, my teeth don't shine like pearls
I ain't good-looking, my teeth don't shine like pearls
But I got something, babe, ___________________________ *

I think I heard a rumbling, deep down in the ground
I think I heard a rumbling, deep down in the ground
It must have been the devil, chaining my good gal down

The men don't like me, just because I speak my mind
The men don't like me, just because I speak my mind
But the women scream, "Papa!" - just because I take my time

* I couldn't figure out this last phrase.

Paramount 12259 (10019-3) Jan. 1925, transcribed from 'Papa Charlie Jackson, 1925-1928' LP (Biograph BLP 12042), 1972.