BEEDLE UM BUM
As sung by Thomas A. "Georgia Tom" Dorsey on "Early Blues of the '20s and '30s."

Down in Memphis, Tennessee lived a girl named Simmy.
She runs an eat shop on the block; she's always got the gimme.
She serves a meal with a tadpole heel, you can't resist by trying,
And every time you pass her door, you'd hear miss Simmy crying:

"Oh, my beedle-um-bum! Come and see me if you ain't had none.
It'll make a dumb man speak, make a lame man run.
Sure miss something if you don't get some
Of my beedle-um-bum, oh, my beedle-um-bum.
It's the best beedle-um that's made in Tennessee! "

Every day at ten o'clock, she'd go down to the station.
To the folks that come to town she'd give a little invitation.
Every day from noon till night, she's always busy selling
Beedle-um hot and beedle-um cold; you can always hear her yelling:

"Oh, my beedle-um-bum! Come see me if you ain't had none.
It ain't made small and it ain't made wide.
It's just made up in a medium size.
My beedle-um-bum, oh, my beedle-um-bum,
It's the best beedle-um that's made in Tennessee!"

[instrumental break.]

"Oh, beedle-um-bum! Come and see me if you ain't had none.
Now, you don't have to hurry; you don't have to go.
You get a little taste and you'll want some mo'
Of my beedle-um-bum, oh, my beedle-um-bum.
It's the best beedle-um that's made in Tennessee!"