Once I visited my cousin, in Milwaukee, USA
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She got boyfriends by the dozen, when she sang in a lowdown way
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She was a positive sensation
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The songs that she sang would never miss
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My cousin was my inspiration
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That's how I got like this
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I got a cousin in Milwaukee
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She's got a voice so squawky
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And though she's tall and kind of gawky
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Oh, how she gets the men
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Her singing isn't operatic
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It's got a lot of static
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What makes your heart get acrobatic
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Nine times out of ten
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When she sings hot, you can't be solemn
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It sends the shivers up and down your spinal column
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When she sings blue, the men shout, "What stuff!"
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That baby is hot stuff
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So if you like the way I sing songs,
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If you think that I'm a wow
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You can thank my squawky cousin from Milwaukee
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Because she taught me how
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[Instrumental bridge]
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When she sings hot, you can't be solemn
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It sends the shivers up and down your spinal column
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When she sings blue, the men shout, "What stuff!"
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That baby is hot stuff
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So if you like the way I sing songs,
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If you think that I'm a wow
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You can thank my squawky cousin from Milwaukee
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Because she taught me how
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My Cousin In Milwaukee
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Ella Fitzgerald |