Good-bye, Ma! Good-Bye, Pa! Good-Bye, Mule
with yer old hee-haw!
"Long Boy" (1917)
Words by William Herschell. 
Music by Barclay Walker. 
Scenery by Gaar Williams.

New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 224 West 47th Street
[Source: 096/242@Levy]

1. He was just a long, lean country gink 
From ’way out West where th’ hoptoads wink; 
He was six feet two in his stockin’ feet, 
An’ kept gittin’ thinner th’ more he’d eat. 
But he was as brave as he was thin, 
When th’ war broke out he got right in. 
Unhitch’d his plow, put th’ mule away, 
Then th’ old folks heard him say:

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Goodby, Ma! Goodby, Pa! 
Goodby, Mule, with yer old heehaw! 
I may not know what th’ war’s about, 
but you bet, by gosh, I’ll soon find out. 
An’ O my sweetheart, don’t you fear, 
I’ll bring you a King fer a souvenir; 
I’ll git you a Turk an’ a Kaiser, too, 
An’ that’s about all one feller could do!

2. One pair of socks was his  only load 
When he struck for town by th’ old dirt road. 
He went right down to th’ public square 
An’ fell in line with th’ soldiers there. 
Th’ sergeant  put him in uniform, 
His gal knit mitts fer to keep him warm; 
They drill’d him hard, they drill’d him long, 
Then he sang his farewell song!