I wonder he'll think of me I guess call me "the old man" I guess think I can lick other fella's father Well, I can
I bet that he out to be The image of his dad But he'll have more common his puddin'-headed father ever had
I'll teach him to and dive through a wave we go in the morning for our swim His mother can teach him the way to But she make a sissy out o' him Not him! Not my boy! Not
Bill. I will see that he is named me, I will My boy, Bill, he'll be tall and as a tree, will Bill Like a he'll grow with his head held high And his feet planted on the ground And you won't see nobody dare to try to or toss him around No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully'll boss him
I don't give a damn he does as long as he does what he likes He can sit on his tail or work on a rail with a hammer and in spikes He can a boat on a river or peddle a pack on his back Or work up and down the of a town with a whip and a horse and a hack
He can haul a scow along a Run a cow a corral Or bark for a carousel Of course, it talent to do that well
He might be a champ of the Or a fella sells you glue Or President of the States be all right, too
Spoken His would like that, but he wouldn't be President unless he wanted to be Not
My boy, Bill he'll be and as tough as a tree, will Bill Like a tree he'll grow with his held high And his feet planted firm on the And you won't see nobody to try to boss or toss him around No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied, bully'll boss him around
And I'll be damned if he'll marry his daughter A skinny-lipped virgin blood like water Who'll give him a peck and it a kiss And in his eyes through a *lorgnette* Hey, why am I on like this? My kid even been born yet
I can see him when he's or so And startin' in to go a girl I can give him of pointers Very sound, on the way to get 'round any I can him Wait a it be? What the if he is a girl? You can fun with a son But you got to be a to a girl
She mighn't be so bad, at A kid ribbons in her hair A kind of neat and petite tin-type of her mother a pair
My little girl, and white as peaches and cream is she My little girl is half as bright as girls were meant to be Dozens of boys pursue her, a likely lad what he can to woo her from her faithful dad
She has a few pink and white young of two and three But my little girl gets hungry ev'ry night and she comes to me
I gotta get ready she comes Gotta make certain that she be dragged up in slums with a lot o' bums like me She's gotta be sheltered and fed and dressed in the that money can buy I never knew how to get money but, I'll try, by God! try go out and make it or steal it Or it or die