Lyrics below are from sheet music found at Howie Cohen’s Everything Bicycles Collection. You can also hear it sung by The Merry Macs on Decca 18436 A (1942) at the Internet Archive. Note there are implied references to wartime rationing of rubber and gasoline:


ROLLEO ROLLING ALONG
(The Bicycle Song)
Words and music by Harry Tobias, Don Reid, & Henry Tobias, ©1942.

VERSE: Tommy told Mabel: “We just won’t be able
To use my car anymore.
But don’t worry, honey; a Sunday that’s sunny
And we’ll go out as before.

CHORUS: “On a bike built for two, I’ll go riding with you.
We’ll go rolleo-rolling along.
It’s the grandest machine; doesn’t need gasoline.
Just go rolleo-rolling along.
Our hearts will be riding in rhythm,
The breeze singing love’s sweetest song.
Over valley and hill, there is no greater thrill
Than rolleo-rolling, rolleo-rolling, rolleo-rolling along.

PATTER: “Let’s be patriotic, honey; on a day that’s sunny
We’ll be savin’ gas and we’ll be savin’ money,
Rolleo-rolling along.
We need rubber for the nation in this situation
If we want some recreation, we can go
Rolleo-rolling along.
I’ll be seein’ lots of you while we’re ridin’ together.
As a healthy builder-upper, we can’t go wrong.
So get on your bike and pedal-edal-o,
For Mother Nature’s telling ev’ryone to go
Rolleo-rolling, rolleo-rolling, rolleo-rolling along.”