(Verse 1)
There was never a man in the world,
I didn’t think I could whip.
When I came to my full growth,
Barring my old father in Ireland.
(Verse 2)
Perhaps my Uncle Tom in America,
And Uncle Tom only because—
My father always admitted,
Tom was a better man than he was.
(Chorus)
I went out and fought them all,
I licked everyone in Ireland.
Except my old man,
And Father Fagin at the school.
(Verse 3)
I whipped everyone in the merchant ships,
And in the United States Navy.
For the glory of that Navy,
I licked most fighters in the British Navy.
(Bridge)
Then I met Jeffries,
I hit him as I never hit before.
But what’s the use,
When you hit a man so hard—
(Outro)
Knocked my own arm out,
And he only shook his head.
Crushed my ribs,
And it broke my heart.
Michael Forty