I wonder what think of me I he'll call me "the old man" I guess he'll think I can Ev'ry fella's father Well, I can
I bet that he out to be The spittin' of his dad But have more common sense his puddin'-headed father ever had
I'll teach him to and dive through a wave When we go in the 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 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 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 tail or work on a with a hammer and hammer in spikes He can ferry a on a river or peddle 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 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 President of the United be all right, too
Spoken His mother would that, but he wouldn't be President unless he wanted 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 dare to try to boss 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 virgin with blood like Who'll him a peck and call it a kiss And look in his eyes through a Hey, why am I takin' on this? My kid even been born yet
I can see him he's seventeen or so And startin' in to go a girl I can give him of pointers Very sound, on the way to get 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 to a girl
She mighn't be so bad, at A kid ribbons in her hair A kind of neat and petite little of her mother What a
My little girl, pink and white as and cream is she My little girl is half again as bright as girls were to be Dozens of boys pursue her, a likely lad Does what he can to woo her from her dad
She has a few pink and white fellas of two and three But my little girl hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me
I gotta get before she comes Gotta make certain that she 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 but, I'll try, by God! I'll try I'll go out and make it or it Or it or die