Written by W.C. Handy
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Saint Louis woman, with her diamond rings
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Pulls that man around by her apron strings
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If it weren't for powder and for store-bought hair
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The gal I love wouldn't'a gone nowhere, nowhere
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Got the Saint Louie Blues, just as blue as I can be
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That gal's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea
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Or else she wouldn't have gone so far from me
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I love that gal like a schoolboy loves his pie
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Like a Kentucky Colonel loves his mint and rye
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I'll love my baby until the day I die
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