The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #41702   Message #1652431
Posted By: GUEST,Kathy
20-Jan-06 - 08:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: They Always Pick on Me (Murphy/Von Tilzer
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: when I was born
Well, my daughter, Gina, almost got it right. Everything is the way I remember my grandma (who was born in 1892) sing except for the part about the cuckoo clock.

One morning just at four o'clock
I heard somebody pick the lock
I knew it was papa sure as sin
I opened the door and let him in
Then ma said, "What time is it pa?"
"Twelve o'clock", said pa
Just then the cuckoo cuckooed 4
And pa, he made me cuckoo 8 times more