my cousin in milwaukee

Singer:fitzgerald, ella

once i visited my cousin

in milwaukee

usa

she got boyfriends by the dozen

when she sang in a lowdown way

she was a positive sensation

the songs that she sang would never miss

my cousin was my inspiration

that's how i got like this

i got a cousin in milwaukee

she's got a voice so squawky

and though she's tall and kind of gawky

oh

how she gets the men

her singing isn't operatic

it's got a lot of static

what makes your heart get acrobatic

nine times out of ten

when she sings hot

you can't be solemn

it sends the shivers up and down your spinal column

when she sings blue

the men shout

what stuff!"

Lyric Context: my cousin in milwaukee - fitzgerald, ella