I what he'll think of me I guess he'll me "the old man" I guess think I can lick Ev'ry other father Well, I can
I bet that he out to be The spittin' of his dad But have more common sense Than his puddin'-headed ever had
I'll teach him to wrassle and dive through a When we go in the for our swim His mother can him the way to behave But she won't a sissy out o' him Not him! Not my boy! Not
Bill. I will see that he is named me, I will My boy, Bill, he'll be tall and tough as a tree, 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 pot-bellied, baggy-eyed boss him around
I don't give a damn what he does as long as he does he likes He can sit on his tail or on a rail with a hammer and hammer in spikes He can ferry a boat on a or peddle a pack on his back Or work up and down the streets of a town with a whip and a and a hack
He can haul a scow along a Run a cow around a Or maybe bark for a Of course, it takes to do that well
He might be a of the heavyweights Or a that sells you glue Or President of the United be all right, too
Spoken His mother would like that, but he wouldn't be unless he wanted to be Not
My boy, he'll be tall and as tough as a tree, will Bill Like a tree he'll grow with his held high And his feet planted on the ground And you won't see nobody dare to try to 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 virgin with blood like water Who'll him a peck and call it a kiss And look in his through a *lorgnette* Hey, why am I takin' on like My kid ain't even been yet
I can see him when seventeen or so And in to go with a girl I can give him lots of sound, on the way to get 'round any girl I can him Wait a it be? What the if he is a girl? You can have fun a son But you got to be a to a girl
She mighn't be so bad, at A kid with in her hair A kind of neat and little tin-type of her mother a pair
My little girl, and white as peaches and cream is she My little girl is half again as bright as were meant to be Dozens of boys pursue her, many a lad Does what he can to woo her her faithful dad
She has a few pink and young fellas of two and three But my girl gets hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me
I gotta get ready before she Gotta make certain she won't 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 money but, I'll try, by God! try I'll go out and it or steal it Or it or die