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There ain't nothing I can do
Or nothing I can say
That folks don't criticize me
But I'm going to do just as I want to anyway
And don't care what people say

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Ain't nobody's business if I do

If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain't nobody's business if I do

If my man ain't got no money
And I say, "Take all of mine, honey"
Ain't nobody's business if I do

If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain't nobody's business if I do

Well I'd rather my man would hit me
Then for him to jump up and quit me
Ain't nobody's business if I do

I swear I won't call no copper
If I'm beat up by my papa
Ain't nobody's business if I do
Nobody's business
Ain't nobody's business
Nobody's business if I do
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as recorded Aug. 17, 1949 by Billie Holiday
with the Decca Studio Orchestra featuring Lester Young
Originally released as MX-75147
Re-released on _Billie Holiday: From the Original Decca Masters_
(c)1986 MCA Records, Inc.   MCAD-5766 JVC-501