Lyrics from the sheet music at York University:

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY DAYS
Words and music by Al Wilson and James A. Brennan, ©1925.

VERSE: Sometimes it seems to me
The scheme of things is wrong.
What's the use of growing up and then
Just to wish you were a kid again?
And if I had my way, take this tip from me:
All our troubles would burst like bubbles.
A kid I'd always be.

CHORUS: Back in those happy-go-lucky days,
Down by the old swimmin' pool,
Happy-go-lucky days
When we used to go to school,
Remember how you'd wave your hand.
The teacher'd say "stand".
When she'd ask you to spell
"C-A-T spells dog," you'd stand right up and yell:
"Hey!" Then you'd have reading, too.
You knew ev'ry word
And a lot of other words that the teacher never heard.
Ev'ry question in school that teacher asked, you always knew,
'Cause the smartest kid in school had the desk in front of you.
I'd love to live always
In those happy-go-lucky days.

PATTER: At the birthday parties, gee, the games were rough!
We played "puss in the corner," and "blind man's bluff."
They hit me in the puss, and I'm telling you
That I laid in the corner for an hour or two.
"Chewing the string" was a game I couldn't miss.
Ev'ry boy and girl that played was sure to get a kiss.
When it came my turn to play, I didn't get a thing,
'Cause I got excited and swallowed the string.
Then they said that ev'ry kid in the place
Should see who could make the funniest face.
They gave me the prize and I began to bawl,
Because I hadn't been playing at all.

[To the tune of the last 4 lines of the chorus:]
How they grabbed for the cake! Nobody waited like they should,
But the seven pieces I got all tasted mighty good.
I'd love to live always
In those happy-go-lucky days.

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The Internet Archive has recordings by
1. The Duncan Sisters, whose picture appears on the above sheet music.
2. Jones and Hare—who didn't use the name "Happiness Boys" this time.