Bessie couldn?t help it   Bessie couldn?t help it      Bessie couldn?t help it any more   Than you could or I could   Bessie couldn?t help it though she tried to be good   Oh, so good      She was pretty as the heaven's above   Oh, boy but how she could love   Bessie had affection that was simply wonderful, terrible   But Bessie couldn?t help it any more   Than you could or I could      When she smiled you were bound to fall, that?s all   A boy kissed Bessie in the parlor one night   Why, oh, why did she yell with delight?   ?Cause Bessie couldn?t help it any more   Than you could or I could      Aww, dum pe dum, now people listen   Bessie couldn?t help it any more   Than you could or I could   No, Bessie couldn?t help it though she tried to be good   Oh, so good      She was pretty as the heavens above   And oh, boy how that girl could love   Bessie had affection that was simply wonderful   Bop, bop be de oww   Bessie couldn?t help it any more   Than you could or I could      Now when she smiled you were bound to fall, that?s all boy   Boy kissed Bessie in the street one night   My oh, my, how she yelled with delight   Bessie couldn?t help it any more   Than you could or I could