I put a nickel in the telephone, dialled my baby’s number

Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line

Each time I tried I got a busy tone

Not my baby’s number

Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line


Called his uncle in Jamaica

Left a message with the baker

Even checked the number in the telephone book

Got so awfully, awfully worried

To my baby’s house I hurried

When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook


And as I ^walked up to my baby - then

I got my baby’s number

He was busy in the parlour doing fine

Busy kissing someone else

While I was keeping busy

Getting a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line^^


....busy line


Just brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line


Just biz-biz-biz-biz busy line


Biz-biz busy line

I put my nickel in the telephone

Dialled my baby’s number

Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, ... line

Each time I tried I got a busy tone

Not my baby’s number

Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line


In Jamaica, left a message with the baker

Even checked his number in the telephone book

Got so awfully, awfully worried

To my baby’s house I hurried

When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook, hook, hook