Well, 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 mighty proud 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. Did ya ever take and try to An iron-clad to yourself From a three-rail billiard But as I say, It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to In a baulk game, I say that any kin take And a ball in a pocket. And they that sloth. The first big step on the To the depths of 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 Hearin' him tell about gamblin'. Not a wholesome race, no! But a race where set down right on the horse! Like to see some stuck-up Sittin' on Dan Patch? Make blood boil? Well, I say. Friends, let me you what I mean. You got one, two, three, four, five, six in a table. that mark the diff'rence Between a and a bum, With a "B," And that rhymes "P" and that stands for pool! And all week long your City be frittern away, I say young men'll be frittern! Frittern their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! Get the in the pocket, Never gittin' Dandelions pulled Or the door patched or the beefsteak pounded. Never mind 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 of the kids in the knickerbockers, Shirt-tail ones, peekin' in the pool Hall window school, ya got trouble, folks! Right in River City. with a capital "T" And that with "P" and that stands for pool! Now, I know all you folks are the right parents. I'm gonna be frank. Would ya like to know what kinda conversation On while they're loafin' around that They're tryin' out Bevo, out cubebs, Tryin' out Mades like Cigarette Fiends! And all about How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath Sen-Sen. One fine night, they leave the hall, for the dance at the Arm'ry! Libertine men and women! And Rag-time, music That'll your son and your daughter With the of a jungle animal instinct! Mass-steria! 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, That for pool. surely got trouble! Right here in City, here! Gotta out a way To keep the young moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...
Mothers of City! Heed that before it's too late! Watch for the sign of corruption! The minute your son the house, Does he his knickerbockers below the knee? Is a nicotine stain on his index finger? A dime novel in the corn crib? Is he starting to jokes from Capt. Whiz Bang? Are certain words creeping into his Words like, 'swell?" And your old man?" Well, if so my friends, Ya got trouble, Right in River city! With a "T" And that with "P" And that for Pool. surely got trouble! Right in River City! Remember the Maine, Rock and the Golden Rule! Oh, got trouble. We're in terrible, trouble. game with the fifteen numbered balls is a devil's tool! Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble! With a "T"! Gotta rhyme it "P"! And that for Pool!!!