Mrs. Murphy

[Verse 1]

"Hello, Mrs. Murphy

That's a lovely dress you're wearin', is it new?"

"Why, thank you, Mr. Wilson

But I've had this same old dress about a year or two"

[Verse 2]

Upstairs in bed

The tall boy stretched just like a cat

Put his hands behind his head

And lay there thinkin' of a dream that he had

[Verse 3]

"I hear that the Johnsons

Had a baby, Mrs. Murphy, is that true?"

"Why yes, but it's rumored

That the little tot's real daddy lives in 22"

[Verse 4]

In 22 the boy lay whistlin' out of tune

Ridin' on the sea

Dreamin' of a thousand things

He'd like to be

[Verse 5]

"Poor Mr. Johnson

Bein' married to a wife who should be caged

It's the child who will suffer and to think

That that young man is less than half her age"

[Verse 6]

Upstairs he sits

He hears a knock and nothin' more

"Come on in, you're late

Well, don't just stand there, Mrs. Johnson, close the door"