Well, you're closing your eyes To a you do now wish to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster By the of a pool table in your community. Ya got trouble, my friend, here, I say, right here in River City. Why sure I'm a player, Certainly mighty I say I'm mighty proud to say it. I consider the hours I spend With a cue in my are golden. Help you cultivate horse And a cool head and a eye. Never take and try to An iron-clad leave to a three-reail billiard shot? But as I say, It takes judgement, brains, and to score In a game, I say any b___ kin take And shove a in a pocket. And they that sloth. The first big on the road To the of deg-ra-Day-- I say, first, medicinal wine a teaspoon, Then beer a bottle. An' the thing ya know, Your son is playin' for In a suit. And list'nin to some big Jasper Hearin' him tell about gamblin'. Not a wholesome race, no! But a race they set down right on the horse! to see some stuck-up jockey'boy Sittin' on Dan Patch? your blood boil? Well, I say. Friends, lemme you what I mean. Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six in a table. that mark the diff'rence Between a and a b__, a capital "B," And that with "P" and that stands for pool! And all week your River City Youth'll be away, I say your young be frittern! Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, too! Get the in the pocket, Never mind gittin' pulled Or the screen door or the beefsteak pounded. mind pumpin' any water 'Til your parents are caught with the Cistern On a Saturday and that's trouble, Oh, yes we got lots and a' trouble. I'm thinkin' of the in the knickerbockers, Shirt-tail young ones, in the pool Hall window school, look, folks! Right here in City. Trouble with a "T" And rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool! Now, I know all you folks are the kinda parents. I'm gonna be frank. Would ya like to know what kinda goes On they're loafin' around that Hall? tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs, Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Feends! And all about How they're gonna cover up a breath with Sen-Sen. One fine night, they leave the hall, for the dance at the Arm'ry! Libertine men and women! And Rag-time, music grab your son and your daughter With the of a jungle animal instink! Mass-staria! Friends, the idle brain is the playground!
Trouble, oh we got trouble, Right in River City! a capital "T" That with "P" And stands for Pool, stands for pool. We've got trouble! Right in River City, here! Gotta out a way To the young ones moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...
Mothers of City! Heed the warning it's too late! for the tell-tale sign of corruption! The moment your son the house, Does he rebuckle his below the knee? Is a nicotine stain on his index finger? A dime novel hidden in the corn Is he starting to memorize jokes Capt. Billy's Bang? Are certain words creeping his conversation? Words 'swell?" And 'so's old man?" Well, if so my friends, Ya got trouble, Right in River city! a capital "T" And rhymes with "P" And stands for Pool. surely got trouble! Right here in City! Remember the Maine, Rock and the Golden Rule! Oh, got trouble. in terrible, terrible trouble. That game with the fifteen numbered b____ is a tool! Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble! a "T"! Gotta rhyme it with "P"! And stands for Pool!!!