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i Betty told Dupree, "Daddy, I want a 'diamond ring," O my Lawd,
Betty told Dupree, "Daddy, I want a diamond ring," O my Lawd, Dupree told Betty, "You can have most anything."
2 He said, "Lay down, little bitty Betty, see what tomorrow bring, Lord, it may bring sunshine and it may bring a diamond ring."
3 Dupree was a bandit, he was so brave and bold,
He stoled a diamond ring, for some of Betty's jelly roll.
4 So Dupree went to town with a .45 in his hand 3
He went after jewelry, but he got the jewelry man.
5 He said, "Look here, Mr. Jewelry Man, won't you show me a diamond,
please, Because my little bitty Betty want to give her poor heart ease."
6 Dupree hired a taxi, went to Memphis, Tennessee,
Dupree axed the taxi driver, "Wonder will they hang poor me?"
7 Then he went to Chicago, and he was no scary man 3
He had a forty-five in his bosom and a Colt kickin' in his hand.
8 Then he shot one big cop, Lawd, and wounded several more. One fell to his knees cryin', "Please don't shoot me no more."
9 Then he went to the post office to get his evening mail,
But they caught poor Dupree, Lordy, and put him in Atlanta jail.
10 Dupree said to the judge, Lawd, "I ain't been here before."
Judge said, "I'm gonna break your neck, Dupree, so you can't come here no more."
11 Dupree tol' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can,
For I have money to back me, sure as Pm a man!"
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