Rowdy-Dowdy Boys, The

THE ROWDY-DOWDY BOYS.

Written by Tom Conley
Composed by Felix McGlennon.


Music published by Francis, Day and Hunter

Girls, I'm a jolly old chappie;
Girls, I'm a deuced fine chappie;
I belong to a jolly set that's known about the town - 
We are the boys for fun and noise, we won't be taken down.
Always out and mashing the girls are we,
We're the crowd who're fond of a jolly spree
Not afraid of paying the score for anything wrong we do,
If you'll look at my card you'll see I'm one of the Rowdy-Dowdy Crew.


Then I say, boys, who's for a jolly spree!
Rum tum tiddley um, who'll have a drink with me?
Fond of a glass or two, fond of a row or noise;
Hi! hi! clear the way for the Rowdy-Dowdy Boys!

Girls, when we're out in society,
Girls, we are fond of variety:
In the Gaiety bar we lounge just like a lot of earls,
Scatter the cash and cut a dash and mash the chorus girls.
Sometimes we at billiards a game will play,
We're all right, not one of us is a jay;
If a pal should be in distress, stone-broke and he can't pull through,
He can always be sure of a helping hand from the Rowdy-Dowdy Crew.

Girls, we go out on the tiddley hi!
Girls, such a jolly old tiddley hi!
With a slop we may have a row going home so late at night,
He tootles his whistle, some more arrive, and then there is a fight;
Some get locked up, off to the station they go,
All the others follow them in a row-
Where our pal goes, you may all bet. the others must follow too,
So if they want one they must take the lot of the Rowdy-Dowdy Crew!