Key: D 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 worry, the old man.
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I guess he'll think I can lick
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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.
and dive through a wave
ways to behave,
but she won't make a
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Nahim! Not my boy!
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Not Bill!
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I'll see that he's named after me!
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he'll be tall and as tough as a tree!
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Will Bill, like a tree, he'll grow,
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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 to try
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To boss him or toss him around.
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Nobody, by my body,
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 spines.
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 streets of a town
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.
the heavy weights,
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or a fellow that sells you glue,
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or President of the United States.
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That'd be all right,
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too. His mother would like that,
but he wouldn't be president
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My boy Bill, he'll be tall
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and as tough as a tree.
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Bill, Bill! Like a tree he'll grow,
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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
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dare to try to fuss him
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No thoughtful and flabby -faced,
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mud -buried,
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baggy -eyed bastard will boss him around.
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boss's daughter,
a skinny -lipped virgin with blood like water,
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and look in his eye through a lorgnette,
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Say, why am I takin' on like this?
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My kid ain't even been born yet!
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seventeen or so,
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And start him to go with a girl.
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I can give him lots of pointers,
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on the way to get round any girl.
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I can tell him, wait a minute, could it be?
Bill! Oh, what the hell!
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What if he is a girl?
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Oh, Bill! Bill!
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What would I do with her?
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What could I do for her?
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but you've gotta be a father to
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a 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 and neat and petite little tin type of her mother,
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what a pair!
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My little girl, pink and white as
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peaches and green is she,
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Meine kleine Frau ist wieder halb so schön
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wie früher.
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Tausende Männer folgen ihr,
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viele wie ich,
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Dad does what he can to woo her
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from her faithful dad.
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She has a few pink and white
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young fel las of two and three,
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But my little girl gets
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hungry 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 won't
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with a lot of bums like me.
and fed and dressed,
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, my God, I'll try.
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I'll go out and make it,
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steedet, or fated, or died.
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Bm
E
Abdim
F#m
A
D
Bbaug
Am
B
G
C
G#dim
Ebdim
Em
Bb
Gm
G#
Asus4
F
Dm
D#dim
G#m
D#m
F#
Caug
Eaug
Cm
Faug
F#dim
Bdim
Eb
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Bm
E
Abdim
F#m
A
D
Bbaug
Am
B
G
C
G#dim
Ebdim
Em
Bb
Gm
G#
Asus4
F
Dm
D#dim
G#m
D#m
F#
Caug
Eaug
Cm
Faug
F#dim
Bdim
Eb
Bbm
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