Busy Line

[First Part]

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I put a nickel in the telephone, 
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dialed my baby's number
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Got a brrr, brrr, brrr,   busy 
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line
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Each time I tried I got a 
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busy tone, not my baby's number
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Just a brrr, brrr, brrr,     
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busy line
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Called his uncle in Jamaica
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Left a message with the baker
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Even checked the number in the 
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telephone book
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Got so awfully, awfully worried
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To my baby's house I hurried
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When I looked inside, the phone 
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was off the hook

[Second Part]

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And as I walked up to my baby then
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I got my baby's number
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He was busy in the parlor doing 
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fine
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Busy kissing someone else
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While I was keeping busy
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Getting a brrr, brrr, brrr, busy 
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line