From the sheet music at The New York Public Library:


OH BOY! WHAT JOY WE HAD IN BAREFOOT DAYS
Words and music by Al Wilson & James A. Brennan.
New York: Edward B. Marks Music Co., 1923.
"Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert Production BOMBO with Al Jolson"
"Featured by the Three Wainwright Sisters"

1. I can remember how proud I used to be
When Dad or Mother would buy new shoes for me.
That's a feeling you've all had:
How new shoes can make you glad;
But the best time, if you recall,
Was when you wore no shoes at all.

CHORUS: Barefoot days, when you were just a kid,
Barefoot days, oh, boy! The things you did!
You'd go down to a shady nook
With a bent pin for a hook,
Fish all day, fish till night,
But the darned old fish refused to bite.
Then how you'd slide down some old cellar door.
You'd slide and slide till your pants got "tore,"
Then you'd have to go home and stay in your bed
Till Mother got busy with the needle and thread.
Oh, boy! What joy we had in barefoot days!

2. We were so happy till Sunday came along.
That was the one day when ev'rything seemed wrong.
All dressed up as stiff as starch,
Off to church we had to march,
And no wonder we had the blues,
Because we had to wear our shoes.

PATTER: [The tune of this part resembles TURKEY IN THE STRAW.]
Take your little sweetheart by the hand.
Oh, gee, but ain't love grand?
Off for the picnic in the wood.
Along comes the gang from the neighborhood.
Take your little box that's full of lunch.
Like a sly old fox, sneak away from the bunch,
Over the hill,
Like Jack and Jill,
But you don't go for water.
Find a quiet spot, not a soul around,
Spread the lunch all over the ground.
When you turn around, you nearly die.
There's a cow in the middle of your custard pie.
You get a milk pail; you're gonna be brave,
And then you find out the cow's name is "Dave."
Oh, boy! What joy we had in barefoot days!