I wonder what he'll of me I guess call me "the old man" I guess he'll I can lick other fella's father Well, I can
I bet he turns out to be The spittin' of his dad But he'll have common sense Than his puddin'-headed ever had
I'll teach him to and dive through a wave we go in the morning for our swim His mother can him the way to behave But she won't make a out o' him Not him! Not my boy! Not
Bill. I will see that he is named me, I will My boy, Bill, be tall and tough as a tree, will Bill Like a tree grow with his head held high And his feet firm on the ground And you won't see nobody to try to boss or toss him around No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully'll boss him
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 hammer in He can ferry a boat on a river or peddle a 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 bark for a carousel Of course, it talent to do that well
He be a champ of the heavyweights Or a fella that sells you Or President of the States be all right, too
Spoken His mother would like that, but he wouldn't be President unless he 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 head held 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, baggy-eyed bully'll him around
And I'll be if he'll marry his boss's daughter A skinny-lipped virgin with blood water Who'll him a peck and call it a kiss And in his eyes through a *lorgnette* Hey, why am I takin' on this? My kid ain't even been yet
I can see him he's seventeen or so And in to go with a girl I can him lots of pointers sound, on the way to get 'round any girl I can him a minute it be? What the if he is a girl? You can fun with a son But you got to be a father to a
She mighn't be so bad, at A kid with in her hair A kind of and petite little tin-type of her mother a pair
My little girl, pink and 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 fellas of two and three But my little girl gets hungry ev'ry and she comes home to me
I gotta get before she comes Gotta 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 knew how to get money but, I'll try, by God! I'll try I'll go out and it or steal it Or it or die