a 1922 popular song
words and music by Eddie Brion
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Otto Brown has come to town, a rolling stone is he
He rolls along with a cheery song, as happy as can be
‘Tis said that when a boy of ten, quite sober he’d be seen
But it appears that for twenty years
Old Otto Brown has been
Chorus
Blotto, Shotto, that’s the state of Otto
He’s blotto from the morning till the night
Otto Shotto makes it very hotto
A Spotto is Otto’s delight
Otto’s motto is “kum an’ sink a potto”
That’s Bolshvik for I’m alright
1.1. I’ve seen him “shot” on water
That’s not hard to understand
He blottos just as easily on water as on land
1.2. King George may rule the nation
On the land and on the sea
But Otto says, “Well any whisky’s good enough for me”
Whatto! Otto! doesn’t care a jotto
He’s blotto from morning till night
- There’s a smile on Otto’s dial, no matter where he goes
If he should stand out in No Man’s Land
His nose would be the rose
Once at a wake we saw him make, the undertaker frown
He said, “Old Son, you are just the one
To come and put one down”
Chorus
Blotto, Shotto, that’s the state of Otto
He’s blotto from the morning till the night
Otto Shotto makes it very hotto, a Spotto is Otto’s delight
Otto’s motto is “kum an’ sink a potto”
That’s Bolshvik for I’m alright
2.1. America they won the war, so said some silly ass
‘Twas really Otto did the trick his breath was poison gas
2.2. An artist used to colors looked at Otto’s nose then said
It must have cost a thousand quid to get that shade of red
Whatto! Otto! doesn’t care a jotto
He’s blotto from morning till night
Sung here by Fred Feild: