Tonalité : A major
Verse 1
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I won der
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what he'll think of me.
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I guess he'll call
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me the old man.
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I guess he'll think I can lick
every other fella's father.
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Well, I can.
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I bet that he'll turn out to be
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the spittin' image of his dad,
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but he'll have more common sense
than his puddin' headed
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father ever had.
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I'll teach him to wrestle and
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dive through a wave
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when we go in the mornings for a swim.
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His mother can teach him
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the way to behave,
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but she won't make a sissy out of him.
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Not him!
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Not my boy!
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Not Bill! Bill!
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My boy Bill,
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I will see that he's named after me.
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I will!
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My boy Bill,
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he'll be tall and as tough as a tree
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Will Bill, like a tree,
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he'll grow with his head held high
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And his feet planted firm on the ground
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An d you won't see nobody dare
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to try to boss him
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or toss him around
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No pot -bellied, baggy -eyed bully
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will boss him around
I don't give a damn what he does,
as long as he does what he likes
He can sit on his tail or work on a rail
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with a hammer, a hammer and spikes
He can ferry a boat on a river
or pedal a pack on his back
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Or work up and down the
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streets of a town
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with a whip and a horse and a hack
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He can haul a scow along a canal,
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run a cow around a corral,
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or maybe bark for a carousel.
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Of course it takes talent to do that well.
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He might be a champ of the heavyweights,
or a fella that sells you glue,
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Or President of the United States,
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that'd be alright too.
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His mother would like that,
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but he wouldn't be President
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unless he wanted to be. Not Bill!
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My boy Bill,
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he'll be tall and as tough as a tree.
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We'll build like a tree,
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he'll grow with his head held high
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and his feet planted firm on the ground
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And you won't see nobody dare
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to try to boss him
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or toss him around
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No fat -bottomed flabby -faced
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pot -bellied baggy -eyed bully will
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boss him around
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And I'm damned if he'll marry
his boss's daughter
A skinny -lipped virgin
with blood like water
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Who'll give him a peck
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an d call it a kiss
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And look in his eye
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s through a lorgnette
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Why am I taking on like this?
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My kid ain't even been born yet!
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I can see him when he's
seventeen or so,
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and starting in to go with a girl.
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I can give him lots of pointers,
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very sound,
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on the way to get round any girl.
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Well, I can tell him.
Wait a minute.
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Could it be?
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What if he is a girl?
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Oh, Bill, what would I do with her,
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what could I do for her,
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a bum with no money?
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You can have fun with a son,
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but you got ta be a father to a
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girl.
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She mightn't be so bad at that,
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a kid with ribbons in her hair.
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A kind of neat an d petite little
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tintype of her mother.
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What a pair!
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My little girl,
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Ink and white as peaches and cream,
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Is she!
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My little girl is half again
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as bright as girls are meant to be.
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Dozens of boys pursue her,
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many a likely lad does what he can
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to woo her from her faith
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ful dad.
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She has a few pink an
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d white young fellas,
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oh two or three,
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but my little girl gets hungry
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every night.
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And she comes home to me.
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I gotta get ready before she comes.
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I gotta make certain that she
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won't be dragged up in slums
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with a lot of bums like me.
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She's gotta be sheltered and
fed and dressed
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in the best that money can buy.
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I nev er knew how to get money,
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but I'll try, by God, I'll try.
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I'll go out and make it,
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Or steal it, or take it, or die!
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