Bitin` Fleas Blues (1927) — текст песни (Lonnie Johnson)

I`ve got a cat and a dog, they sleeps out in the hall.
I`ve got a cat and a dog, they sleeps out in the hall.
It scratches off all the fleas, and they come in my room to have a ball.

Start hoppin` and jumpin`, crawlin` and bitin` on me.
They`re hoppin` and jumpin`, crawlin` and bitin` on me.
It`s known to be no bedbug; it`s nothin` but a doggone flea.

You have to get a spyglass, to see where that little devil lands.
You have to get a spyglass, to see where that little devil lands.
He crawls as light as a gnat, but he bites like a doggone man.

He will start to crawlin` from your feet, he`ll crawl up around
your waist.
He`ll start from your feet, and he`ll crawl up around your waist.
Then he`ll bite you so doggone hard, to keep from fallin’ you
will need a brace.

Then you will look for him, but don`t never think he don`t see you.
You may look for him and can`t find him, but don`t never think
he don`t see you.
`Cause he will crawl behind you, and gnaw your backbone half in two.