I knowed a gal, she was a musician, she played a saxyphone The story I'm gon' tell, is confidential, she wouldn't let the boys alone She knowed one song, that's all she could blow, listen, I'll tell you how it goes She'd toodle-oo, toodle-oo, toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oo She'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oo, toodle-oo's all she could do Now, all the boys in the neighborhood, crazy about her 'cause she toodle-ooed good She'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oo She'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oo She'd toodle-oo, toodle-oo, toodle-oo's all she could do Now, she laid down and died, never heard of such, the doctor told her mama she toodle-ooed too much She'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oo, she toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oo She'd toodle-oo, she'd toodle-oo, she toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oo She'd toodle-oo, toodle-oo, toodle-oo's all she could do Now, she stopped on a bridge, to tie up her shoe, the plank, it broke, toodle-oodle-oo She'd toodle-oo, toodle-oo, toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oo