Down in Memphis, Tennessee Lives a girl named Simmy She's got a meat shop on the block She's always got the gimme Serves a meal with a tadpole heel Can't resist for trying Every time you pass her door Hear Miss Simmy cryin' Oh, beedle-um-bum Come see me if you ain't had none She make a dumb man speak A lame man run Sure miss something if you ain't had none! Oh, the beedle-um-bum Oh, the beedle-um-bum Got the best beedle-dum Down in Tennessee! Oh, that beedle-um-dum-bum Got that beedle-um-dum-bum (Scatting)