Theirs is a talk that every
but their vocabulary comes
wrapped in a special tempo,
a polite and righteous cadence
that belongs to them alone.
of that distinctive language
from the Delta Rhythm book,
I'm going to buy a paper doll
A doll that other fellows cannot steal.
And then the flirty, flirty guys,
with their flirty, flirty eyes,
We'll have to flirt with dollies
When I come home at night,
There'll be the truest doll
I'd rather have a paper doll
I'm gonna buy a paper doll
A doll that other fellows cannot steal
And then those flirty, guys
With their flirty, flirty eyes
Now, when I come home at night
Yeah, she'll be the truest doll
I'd rather have a paper doll
Than have a big, good -minded,
I'm going to buy a little doll
a doll that other fellows
For Jack, I'd rather have a doll
that I don't have to buy and die,
than have a fickle -minded or a cheatin'.