Well, either you're closing your To a situation you do now wish to Or you are not aware of the caliber of indicated By the presence of a pool table in community. Ya got trouble, my friend, here, I say, trouble right in River City. Why sure I'm a player, Certainly proud I say I'm always mighty to say it. I consider the hours I spend With a cue in my are golden. you cultivate horse sense And a head and a keen eye. Never and try to give An leave to yourself From a billiard shot? But as I say, It judgement, brains, and maturity to score In a game, I say any b___ kin take And a ball in a pocket. And call that sloth. The first big step on the To the of deg-ra-Day-- I say, first, wine from a teaspoon, beer from a bottle. An' the thing ya know, Your son is playin' for In a suit. And to some big out-a-town Jasper him tell about horse-race gamblin'. Not a trottin' race, no! But a race they set down right on the horse! Like to see stuck-up jockey'boy Sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood Well, I say. Friends, lemme you what I mean. Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six in a table. Pockets that the diff'rence Between a and a b__, With a "B," And that with "P" and that stands for pool! And all week long River City Youth'll be away, I say young men'll be frittern! Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, too! Get the in the pocket, Never mind Dandelions pulled Or the screen patched or the beefsteak pounded. Never mind any water 'Til your parents are caught with the Cistern On a night and that's trouble, Oh, yes we got lots and a' trouble. I'm of the kids in the knickerbockers, Shirt-tail young ones, in the pool Hall after school, look, folks! Right here in City. Trouble a capital "T" And that rhymes "P" and that stands for pool! Now, I know all you are the right kinda parents. I'm gonna be frank. Would ya like to know what kinda goes On while they're loafin' around that They're out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs, Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Feends! And braggin' all How they're cover up a tell-tale 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, shameless That'll grab your son and daughter the arms of a jungle animal instink! Mass-staria! Friends, the idle is the devil's playground!
Trouble, oh we got trouble, Right here in City! With a "T" That with "P" And that for Pool, stands for pool. We've got trouble! here in River City, here! Gotta out a way To keep the ones moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...
Mothers of City! the warning before it's too late! Watch for the tell-tale of corruption! The moment son leaves the house, Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the Is there a nicotine on his index finger? A dime novel hidden in the corn Is he starting to jokes from Capt. Billy's Whiz Are certain words creeping his conversation? Words 'swell?" And 'so's old man?" Well, if so my friends, Ya got trouble, Right here in city! With a "T" And that rhymes "P" And stands for Pool. surely got trouble! Right here in City! Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Rule! Oh, got trouble. We're in terrible, trouble. That with the fifteen numbered b____ is a devil's tool! Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble! With a "T"! Gotta rhyme it "P"! And stands for Pool!!!