I wonder what he'll of me I guess call me "the old man" I guess he'll think I can Ev'ry other father 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 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 tough as a tree, will 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 boss or him around No pot-bellied, bully'll boss him around
I give a damn what he does as long as he does what he likes He can sit on his tail or work on a rail a hammer and hammer in spikes He can ferry a boat on a river or peddle a on his back Or up and down the streets of a town with a whip and a horse and a hack
He can haul a scow a canal Run a cow around a Or bark for a carousel Of course, it takes to do that well
He might be a of the heavyweights Or a fella that sells you Or President of the United 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 Like a tree he'll grow with his head high And his feet 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, bully'll boss him around
And I'll be if he'll marry his boss's daughter A skinny-lipped with blood like water Who'll give him a and call it a kiss And in his eyes through a *lorgnette* Hey, why am I takin' on like 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 Very sound, on the way to get any girl 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 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 What a
My little girl, pink and as peaches and cream is she My little girl is again as bright as girls were meant to be Dozens of boys pursue her, many a lad what he can to woo her from her faithful dad
She has a few and white young fellas of two and three But my little girl hungry ev'ry night and she comes home 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 gotta be sheltered and fed and dressed in the best 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