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There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

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Bessie Smith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1894
Born: April 15
Died: 1937
Died: September 26
Dancer
Mime Artist
Musician
Singer
Street Artist
Chattanooga
Tennessee
The Empress of the Blues
Empress of the Blues
Fool
Good
Men
Doggone
Livin
Nineteen
Eighteen
Fools
Neighborhood

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