There never was a gal I could love, like I love my Josephine
She´s a flirt, she´s a scamp, she´s the vampiest vamp I´ve ever seen
It seems to me she´s always flirting with the fellows passing by

But when I say she winks, then she tells me she thinks
There´s a cinder in her eye
I believe it would be better if I´d leave her and forget
Everybody says it would be wise
But each time that I go out to dance with somebody else
I find myself dancing with tears in my eyes
For there´s nobody quite so nice who can be quite so mean
As my gal, what a gal, Josephine

There never was a gal I could love, like I love my Josephine
She´s a flirt, she´s a scamp, she´s the vampiest vamp I´ve ever seen
It seems to me she´s always flirting with the fellows passing by

But when I say she winks, then she tells me she thinks
There´s a cinder in her eye
I believe it would be better if I´d leave her and forget
Everybody says it would be wise
But each time that I go out to dance with somebody else
I find myself dancing with tears in my eyes
For there´s nobody quite so nice who can be quite so mean
As my gal, what a gal, Josephine