[1st verse:]

Innocent Bessie landed in the city

From Kankakee the sights to see

Fellows looked at her saying what a pity

She's from the farm meaning no harm

Ev'ry maiden, ev'ry gent

When discussing she

Said she must be innocent

'Cause she came from Kankakee



[chorus:]

Innocent Bessie Brown

Wanted to see the town

Met upon the Avenue one afternoon fair

A fellow who said, "'Aven't you an hour to spare?"

So pretty

Innocent Bessie Brown

Went for an hour in town

And when the day was breaking they were still partaking

Of some fizzes of gin that fizzed within

Innocent Bessie Brown



[2nd verse:]

Bessie was stopping with her second cousin

Who was a beaut, cunning and cute

Fellows would call upon her by the dozen

Innocent Bess never could guess

Where her cousin got such toys

Diamonds more or less

'Twasn't long before the boys

Made a jew'lry store out of Bess



[2nd chorus:]

Innocent Bessie Brown

Dressed in a country gown

Bessie Brown was lonesome for a diamond or two

But since she met the city she could loan some to you

And she was

Innocent Bessie Brown

Lived in a country town

When Missus Morgan chubby, missed her darling hubby

She began talking war while hunting for

Innocent Bessie Brown