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