A popular song from 1952.
Words and music by Bob Merrill.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Feet up, pat him on the Bo-Bo
Let’s hear him laugh (ha ha)
Feet up, pat him on the Bo-Bo
Let’s hear him laugh (ha ha)
Ain’t been a kid like this before
He’s so good lookin’ gonna have some more
Feet up! pat him on the Bo-Bo
Let’s hear him laugh (ha ha)
- Now I’ve been known to gamble
Take a little drink
Then there’s the night I had a fight
And ended in the clink
But now my hootin’ days are done
Gotta be the man he thinks I am
‘Cause I love my son - I knew a lot of women
When I was “on the go”
They’d stand in line to drink my wine
And help me spend my dough
But my wife Rosie ain’t that kind
Got her to thank
For some cash in the bank
And this kid of mine - I’m gonna do some braggin’
Up and down the town
I’m walkin’ in to joints I knew
And pass the news around
That me and Rosie got a son
Tho’ he’s just been born
Gonna buy him a horn
And football and drum - He’s tiny as a peanut
And yet I do declare
Some day he’ll look at me and say
“Hey, how you doin’ down there?”
He’ll be good hearted like his ma
But I’ll bet he’ll be a lady killer
Just like his pa