Teddy Da Roose 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Aug 2005

Hey! Wal yo you know a da greatest a man
in this country of all a da rest?
He twice a as big an' a seven a times
a as strong as my brother Sylvest;
he break a da elephant's trunk a in two,
ev'ry time he expand a de chest;
you know it a who?
Teddy da Roose!
He take a the gun and the great a big stick
an' he make a that jungle a place a look sick,
he jus' give a the lick an' a fierce a the kick,
an' he laugh a Hyeen don't a laugh a so quick;
when he snap a the fing like a that,
why the lion he jump a through do a the trick;
I tell a you who,
Teddy Da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

A fierce a da tige with a jaws a wide ope,
made a spring a for him a one day;
he jab a his arm in de open a mouth,
and da tige a hav a nothing to say:
he grab a his tail, pull him inside a out
and da tige run the other a way;
you know it a who?
Teddy da Roose!
A fresh a mosquit came a buzzin a by,
but he load a his gun and he let a it fly;
first they give a the cry,
then they heave a the sigh,
for he hit that mosquit a square a plump in the eye;
well he flap a the wings
then he give a da gasp a an' roll a right over an' die;
I tell a you who,
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

He grab a da Hip a da pot by da hip,
and he give a da careless a toss;
he want a to make a da plenty a room
a to meet a one fresh a Rhino;
He pull a da trig and he might a quick show
a dat dam fool a who was a boss;
you know it a who?
Teddy da Roose!
He swing a one Elph by the trunk a for fun,
and with that Elph he kill a another a one;
he say "Dernit, my son don't you ever a run,
you must take a the pitch how a this a was done;
why a this a man use a giraffa's a neck
a when ever he clean a his gun;
I tell a you who,
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

I tell a you what he's a finest a man
a you ever a want a to meet
he say a "Delight" and he look a like dees
a when ever he give a da greet
Why he just a lean a dis Mister a Taft
a dat pres a da dential a seat;
you know it a who?
Teddy da Roose!
He's one a real ace he won't take a abuse,
why he'd mak a Jack Johnson a look like a duce;
if he cut a a loose,
he would cook a his goose
he would land a on him like a Charlotte a Russe;
then a big Jimmie Jeff could a stop a his train
for there would be a no a use I tell a you who,
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

He's what a you call a one a great a big
a fine a brave a gentleman; who?
Teddy Da Roose;
No use a to talk a his a great a grand a fath
must be Italian; who? Teddy da Roose;
He rides a da cowcatch of a da enj,
he want a go in a caboose;
He say: "A what! me, bring up a tail end?
I should say a not what's a da use?"
He kill a da Hip a, da Lion, da Tige,
just a fast as they turn 'em a loose.
Who Caruso? No! Who?
Teddy da Roose.

Soft karaoke
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Teddy Da Roose 1910
Music by J. Fred Helf
Lyrics by Ed. Moran
© 1910 by J. Fred Helf Co. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 05 August 2005 at 00.01
in association with Doug Grierson
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