from https://terrys-songs.net/willie-the-weeper"Willie" is a New Orleans jazz band standard dating back before the turn of the century (nineteenth). There are hundreds of verses and almost as many variations of the tune. I learned this one from a ten-inch record album by Shep Ginandes called "Songs of Delinquency."
What? You never heard of Shep GInandes? Shep, a physician from the Boston area, recorded scores of folk music albums for Storyville and Elektra records. His repertoire was astounding. It ranged from traditional American and British ballads to Yiddish labor songs and jazz tunes. He sang in Welsh, French, Spanish, German, Yiddish, and Russian, too.
There is a psychiatrist listed in Honolulu, Hawaii named Dr. Shepard Ginandes. Shep? Is that you? Are you still with us?
WILLIE THE WEEPER
Let me tell you all a story about Willie the Weeper,
Made his livin’ was a chimney sweeper,
He had a dope habit and he bad it bad
Listen while I tell you ‘bout the dream he had.
Dee dee dee dah dee dah
Deep dah dee dah dee dah
Yandi dandi dah dee dah dum (or whatever you want to sing)
Well, he went to the hop-house the other night,
He knew that the lights were always shining bright.
Well, a guess he smoked a dozen pills or more
When he woke up he was on a foreign shore
Dee dah . . .
The queen of Sheeba was the first he met
She called him her darlin’, her lovin’ pet
She bought him a Cadillac automobile
With a diamond headlight and a silver steering wheel
Dee dah . . .
She had a million cattle and a million sheep
A million vessels on the ocean deep
She had a million dollars all in nickels and dimes
She knew because she counted them a million times.
Dee dah . . .
(This verse from Dave Van Ronk)
Next he come to the isle of Siam,
He rubbed his eyes and said, "I wonder where I am,"
He played craps with the king, he won a million Ore,
He had to leave the country, 'cause the king got sore.
Dee dah . . .
He went to the hop-house one evenin’ late
He asked his baby for a sugar date
Willie he got funny, she begin to shout
“Bim bam boo!” and the dope gave out.
Dee dah . . .https://terrys-songs.net/willie-the-weeper