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Play it once.
O, play some more.
Charlie is a gambler / An' Sadie is a whore.
A glass o' whiskey / An' a glass o' gin:
Strut, Mr. Charlie, / Till de dawn comes in.
Pawn yo' gold watch / An' diamond ring.
Git a quart o' licker, / Let's shake dat thing!
Skee-de-dad! De-dad!
Doo-doo-doo!
Won't be nothin' left / When de worms git through / An' you's a long time / Dead / When you is / Dead, too.
So beat dat drum, boy!
Shout dat song:
Shake 'em up an' shake 'em up / All night long.
Hey! Hey!
Ho. Hum!
Do, it, Mr. Charlie, / Till de red dawn come.