Bill Hayes - Ramshakle Daddy

RAMSHAKLE DADDY
(Bill Hayes)

Well, she went through all my money
Just like wadin' through a puddle of water
She bought herself a potful of the finest feminine paraphernalia
What's more, she had the cravin' for expensive types of livin'
Wouldn't save nothing less than jazzy-hop-that-jumped-in-a-pot
So when my roll of dough was gone
Well, she decided that was all
And now my baby doll has left me flat, Jack

So I'm a ramshackle daddy (ramshackle daddy)
I'm a ramshackle daddy (ramshackle daddy)
Oh, a ramshackle daddy (ramshackle daddy)
I'm a ramshackle daddy (ramshackle daddy)
I'm a ramshackle daddy, but I love my baby doll

When I tell you she's so pretty
It would hurt your eyes to look at her face
And what's more, her figure is better by far
Than Marilyn, Jane or even Anita
The cats who crowd around her
Like she was Gina Lollobrigida
Thought she was so cool
Didn't know she would be cruel to me
She had me wrapped around her little ole finger
And every time she tugged the string
I couldn't do nothing but blow my top, Bob