The bugs and the bees both large and small Do the bug dance at the bug wheel ball Ladybug swings and the bumblebees drag Then they all promenade to the doodlebug rag Junebug dance with the sweet jute rag The kitty did a lap, ditty almost died The fly and the flea and the teddybug crab We all do the doodle, doodlebug rag The doodlebug rag, the doodlebug rag
Miss Honeybee in a white silk gown Wiggles her wings as she dances round The cricket yells, watch him do the wag We're all having fun, do the doodlebug rag Old man Hornet with his shiny white face He got mad cause he lost his day Saved by a crack, I guess I'll have to stay Let's show them how to doodle in the doodlebug rag The doodlebug rag, the doodlebug rag
Damper little doodlebug, the jolly MC Plays a steel guitar and high-flat E Grasshopper fiddles and sings a while Beetlebug soars on his big bass vial Grandpappy was just past eighty-eight Learned the doodlebug dance just a little too late Here's what he said as he started to shag Ain't it an ocean to do the doodlebug rag The doodlebug rag, the doodlebug rag
Old Caterpillar did the scenic crawl As he picked up his heels at the bug field ball Got twenty-four legs and no hide to shag There are all that you've got to do the doodlebug rag Get the blues and the feel low down Take a tip from the folks at Bugville Town Call the gang together and get on a jag Dance the crazy rhythm to the doodlebug rag The doodlebug rag, the doodlebug rag The doodlebug rag, the doodlebug rag The doodlebug rag, the doodlebug rag