I wonder what think of me I guess he'll me "the old man" I he'll think I can lick other fella's father Well, I can
I bet he turns out to be The image of his dad But he'll have more common Than his puddin'-headed ever had
teach him to wrassle and dive through a wave When we go in the morning for our His can teach him the way to behave But she won't a sissy out o' him Not him! Not my boy! Not
Bill. I will see he is named after me, I will My boy, Bill, he'll be tall and tough as a tree, will Like a tree he'll with his head held high And his feet planted firm on the And you won't see nobody to try to boss or toss him around No pot-bellied, bully'll boss him around
I don't give a damn what he as long as he does what he likes He can sit on his tail or work on a rail with a and hammer in spikes He can ferry a boat on a river or peddle a on his back Or work up and down the of a town with a whip and a horse and a hack
He can haul a scow a canal Run a cow around a Or bark for a carousel Of course, it talent to do that well
He might be a champ of the Or a fella that sells you Or President of the United be all right, too
Spoken His mother would like that, but he wouldn't be President he wanted to be Not
My boy, Bill he'll be and as tough as a tree, will Bill a tree he'll grow with his head held high And his feet planted firm on the And you won't see nobody dare to try to or toss him around No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied, baggy-eyed boss him around
And I'll be damned if he'll marry his boss's A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like Who'll give him a peck and it a kiss And look in his eyes a *lorgnette* Hey, why am I takin' on this? My kid ain't been born yet
I can see him when seventeen or so And in to go with a girl I can give him of pointers sound, on the way to get 'round any girl I can him a minute 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 and petite little tin-type of her mother What a
My little girl, pink and as peaches and cream is she My girl is half again as bright as girls were meant to be Dozens of boys pursue her, a likely lad Does what he can to woo her from her dad
She has a few pink and white young of two and three But my girl gets hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me
I get ready before she comes Gotta make certain that she won't be dragged up in slums with a lot o' like me She's gotta be and fed and dressed in the best that money can buy I knew how to get money but, I'll try, by God! I'll try I'll go out and make it or it Or it or die