Oh me name is Dick Darby I’m a cobbler I served me time at Old Camp
Some call me an old agitator But now I’m resolved to repent
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day
With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy
And me lap stone keeps beating away
Now me Father was hung for sheep stealing
Me Mother was burned for a witch
Me Sister’s a dandy house keeper And I’m a mechanical switch
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day
With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy
And me lap stone keeps beating away
My brother's a poor missionary He saves fallen women from sin
He'll save you a blond for a guinea My God how the money rolls in
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day
With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy
And me lap stone keeps beating away
Ah, it’s forty long years I have travelled
All by the contents of me pack
Me hammers, me awls and me pinchers I carry them all on me back
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day
With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy
And me lap stone keeps beating away
Oh, me wife she is humpy, she’s lumpy
Me wife she’s the devil, she’s black
And no matter what I may do with her
Her tongue it goes clickety-clack
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day
With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy
And me lap stone keeps beating away
It was early one fine summer’s morning
А little before it was day
I dipped her three times in the river
And carelessly bade her ‘Good Day!’
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh
With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day
With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy
And me lap stone keeps beating away