[1st verse:] Jonesy with a frown was telling Mister Brown "Old pal, I'm just as sick as I can be Most ev'rything I've done, the doctors ev'ry one In vain have tried to find a cure for me They doctor me until I almost faint They help'd me not for this is my complaint [1st refrain:] One o'clock in the morning I get lonesome One o'clock in the morning I get blue But my wife and family won't stay up with me So I've got to leave the house and hunt for company Going in and out the diff'rent places Places where they've thrown away the key I just hunt until I'm wild For a woman, man or child Who is troubled with the same complaint as me [2nd verse:] Many doctors thought an operation ought To be the very thing without a doubt They ether'd him, the fools, then went to get their tools Came back at one to cut his lonesome out They found a dozen nurses by his side They ask'd him to explain and he replied [2nd refrain:] One o'clock in the morning I get lonesome One o'clock in the morning I get blue All the ether 'neath the sun, ether by the ton Couldn't keep me sleeping when the clock is striking one So you'll have to wait until tomorrow Soon I'll be as busy as a bee For I've got an awful hunch There's a nurse among the bunch Who is troubled with the same complaint as me
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