I was looking through a knothole In fathers wooden leg
Why do they put the shore so near the ocean, the ocean
Go get the ax, there's a hair on baby's chin,
A boy's best friend is his mother

The horses run around with their feet upon the ground
Who'll wind the clock while I'm away, away,
A snake's belt slips, because they have no hips
I hope that grandma's teeth will soon fit Jenny!

I was looking through a window, a second story window
When I fell and sprained my eyebrow on the sidewalk, the sidewalk
What happens to your lap when you stand up
They dug up Billy's bones to make a sewer!


Learned from our dear departed Uncle Phil, who claimed to have sung it in a singing group of some sort at the University of Minnesota, circa 1915--We had questions in the family as to which lines belonged in which verse, as well as questions about what sort of singing group would have admitted Uncle Phil--

If I recollect, there is a version of it in "The American Songbag", and I may once have seen an actually Glee Club Songbook that contained the song, but it would have been about forty five years ago--when I was less interested than I am now--I never have had any idea what the name of the song is--