[00:00.15]Piano 'Dragnet' intro [00:01.35]Spoken: [00:04.26]The story's true ladies and gentlemen [00:05.25]All the names have been changed to [00:06.27]Protect the innocent [00:07.71]The year 19 hundred and forty [00:11.31]The city Chicago [00:12.30]The place Rubin's Tavern [00:13.50]The story goes something like this: [00:14.16]I walked into a beer tavern [00:17.04]To give a girl a nice time [00:19.95]I had forty five dollars when I enter [00:22.89]When I left I had one dime [00:24.63]Wasn't she a beer drinkin' woman [00:28.71]Don't ya know man don't ya know [00:37.68]She was a beer drinkin' woman [00:40.53]And I don't want to see her no more [00:50.19]Now when I spend down to my last dime [00:52.47]She said 'Darlin' I know you're not through' [00:54.57]I said 'Yes baby doll [00:56.67]And the trophy belongs to you' [00:58.95]Wasn't she a beer drinkin' woman [01:03.03]Don't you know man don't you know [01:12.27]She was a beer drinkin' woman [01:14.49]And I don't wanna see her no more [01:55.17]Now she'd often say 'Excuse me a minute [01:57.78]I've got to step around here' [02:00.21]And ev'ry time she came back [02:02.19]She had room for another quart of beer [02:04.71]Wasn't that a beer drinkin' woman [02:08.40]Don't ya know man don't ya know [02:16.41]She was a beer drinkin' woman [02:17.28]And I don't want to see her no mo'