I wonder what think of me I guess he'll me "the old man" I guess think I can lick Ev'ry other fella's Well, I can
I bet that he out to be The spittin' of his dad But have more common sense Than his puddin'-headed ever had
I'll teach him to wrassle and dive a wave When we go in the for our swim His mother can him the way to behave But she won't a sissy out o' him Not him! Not my boy! Not
Bill. I will see that he is named after me, I My boy, Bill, he'll be tall and tough as a tree, Bill Like a tree grow with his head held high And his feet planted on the ground And you won't see nobody to try to boss or toss him around No pot-bellied, bully'll boss him around
I don't give a damn what he does as long as he does what he He can sit on his tail or work on a rail with a hammer and 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 with a whip and a horse and a hack
He can a scow along a canal Run a cow a corral Or maybe bark for a Of course, it takes to do that well
He be a champ of the heavyweights Or a fella sells you glue Or President of the States be all right, too
Spoken His mother would that, but he wouldn't be President unless he wanted to be Not
My boy, Bill be tall and as tough as a tree, will Bill Like a tree he'll grow with his held high And his planted firm on the ground And you won't see nobody dare to try to or toss him around No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully'll boss him
And be damned if he'll marry his boss's daughter A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like Who'll give him a peck and it a kiss And look in his eyes through a Hey, why am I takin' on this? My kid ain't even born yet
I can see him he's seventeen or so And in to go with a girl I can give him of pointers Very sound, on the way to get 'round any I can him a minute it be? What the What if he is a You can fun with a son But you got to be a father to a
She be so bad, at that A kid with ribbons in her 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 again as as girls were meant to be Dozens of boys her, many a likely lad Does what he can to woo her 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 get ready before she comes 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 money can buy I never knew how to get money but, try, by God! I'll try I'll go out and it or steal it Or it or die