Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman

Did a double-quick back flip and slid across the floor

The Catholic traffic flowed freely 'cross the river

And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door

Oh baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree

If the bow breaks mama might fall

Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely

Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall

Mama knows 'rithmatic, knows how to take a fall



CHORUS

And the kids are crying "Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the mornin'

Little Jack, grab your hat, hear the breakfast call

Muskrat, bat a cat, kick him in the fireplace

There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn

There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born



Well maverick daddy got one-eyed bridge

She glides like a monkey-mule kicking on the back slide

Over hill, over hill, daddy don't you spill now

Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill

Papa got a switch stick, he's pumping little Bill

And Billy, he's crying "Tomahawk, tomahawk, daddy better duck now"

The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods

Monatuk, Ocanuk, runnin' through my dreams now

With fire on their fingertips and indian screams

With fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams



Well early in the morning the cannoneer cried

"I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky"

Well mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree

Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me

And my darling cried, she said "Honey, the weathervane

lately it's been pointing the way to heaven

Scatterbrains, scatterbrains, watch out where you fall

Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choir boys

They're busting off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall

They're bustin' off the altar chasing Dinah through the hall