I can't get rid of these darn old bedbugs, it seems. 

I can't get rid of these darn old bedbugs, it seems. 

Soon as I go to bed, bedbugs is on my dreams. 



A-nibblin', and a-gnawin', crawlin' and a-chawin' on me. 

A-nibblin', and a-gnawin', crawlin' and a-chawin' on me. 

There ain't no sausage grinder, busy as a bedbug can be. 



I seen a thousand bedbugs marchin', comin' to me two by two. 

I seen a thousand bedbugs marchin', comin' to me two by two. 

I grabbed my hat and my britches, let them bedbugs have my shoes. 



I saw generals and colonels, captains with the regiment.

I saw generals and colonels, captains with the regiment. 

A regular bedbug army, I know 'em by that bedbug scent. 



Ev'ry thing was a nightmare, you can call it a dream if you choose. 

The thing was a nightmare, you can call it a dream if you choose. 

I never seen such bedbugs, when I had those bedbug dream blues.