Me father kept a boardin' house
Hul-la-ba-loo-ba-lay, Hul-la-ba-loo-ba-la-ba-lay
The boardin' house was on the quay
Hul-la-ba-loo-ba-lay

The boardin' house was on the quay
Hul-la-ba-loo-ba-lay, Hul-la-ba-loo-ba-la-ba-lay
The lodgers were nearly all at sea
Hul-la-ba-loo-ba-lay

A flash young fellow called Shallow Brown
Followed me mother all round the town

Me father said "young man, me boy"
To which he quickly made reply

Next day when dad was in the "Crown"
Mother ran off with Shallow Brown

Me father slowly pined away
For mother came back on the following day