I wonder what think of me I guess call 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 he'll have common sense Than his father 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 make a 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, will Like a tree he'll grow with his head high And his feet planted firm on the And you see nobody dare to try to boss or toss him around No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed boss him around
I don't give a 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 a pack on his back Or work up and down the streets of a town with a whip and a and a hack
He can haul a along a canal Run a cow around a Or bark for a carousel Of course, it talent to do that well
He be a champ of the heavyweights Or a fella sells you glue Or of the United States be all right, too
Spoken His mother like that, but he wouldn't be President unless he wanted to be Not
My boy, he'll be tall and as tough as a tree, will 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 boss or him around No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied, baggy-eyed 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 look in his eyes through a Hey, why am I takin' on this? My kid ain't even born yet
I can see him when seventeen or so And startin' in to go with a I can give him lots of 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 have fun a son But you got to be a to a girl
She be so bad, at that A kid with in her hair A of neat and petite little tin-type of her mother a pair
My little girl, pink and as peaches and cream is she My girl is half again as bright as girls were meant to be Dozens of boys pursue her, a likely lad Does what he can to woo her her faithful dad
She has a few pink and young fellas of two and three But my little girl hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me
I get ready before she comes Gotta make certain that she won't be dragged up in 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