Well, either you're your eyes To a situation you do now to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the of disaster indicated By the presence of a pool in your community. Ya got trouble, my friend, here, I say, trouble right here in City. Why sure I'm a player, Certainly mighty I say I'm always mighty to say it. I consider that the I spend With a cue in my are golden. Help you horse sense And a head and a keen eye. Never take and try to An iron-clad to yourself a three-reail billiard shot? But as I say, It judgement, brains, and maturity to score In a game, I say that any b___ kin 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, medicinal from a teaspoon, Then from a bottle. An' the thing ya know, Your son is for money In a suit. And list'nin to big out-a-town Jasper Hearin' him tell horse-race gamblin'. Not a wholesome race, no! But a race where they set down on the horse! Like to see some jockey'boy Sittin' on Dan Make your blood boil? Well, I say. Friends, lemme tell you I mean. Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six in a table. that mark the diff'rence Between a and a b__, With a "B," And rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool! And all week long your City Youth'll be away, I say your men'll be frittern! Frittern their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! Get the in the pocket, Never mind Dandelions pulled Or the screen door or the beefsteak pounded. Never pumpin' any water 'Til your parents are caught with the empty On a Saturday night and trouble, Oh, yes we got lots and a' trouble. I'm of the kids in the knickerbockers, Shirt-tail ones, peekin' in the pool Hall window school, look, folks! Right here in City. Trouble with a "T" And that rhymes "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 what kinda conversation goes On they're loafin' around that Hall? They're tryin' out Bevo, out cubebs, Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Feends! And all about How they're cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen. One fine night, leave the pool hall, Headin' for the at the Arm'ry! Libertine men and women! And Rag-time, music That'll grab son and your daughter With the arms of a animal instink! Mass-staria! Friends, the idle brain is the playground!
Trouble, oh we got trouble, Right in River City! With a "T" rhymes with "P" And that for Pool, stands for pool. We've got trouble! Right here in City, here! Gotta out a way To keep the ones moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...
Mothers of City! Heed the before it's too late! Watch for the sign of corruption! The your son leaves the house, Does he his knickerbockers below the knee? Is there a nicotine stain on his index A dime novel hidden in the corn Is he starting to memorize from Capt. Whiz Bang? 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! a capital "T" And that with "P" And stands for Pool. surely got trouble! Right in River 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! With a "T"! Gotta rhyme it "P"! And stands for Pool!!!