Ol' Roison the Beau

I've travelled all over this world

And now to another I go

And I know I should find good quarters

To wait and welcome Le Beau.

Welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau

To welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau

I know how good quarters are waitin'

For to welcome Ol' Roison Le Beau.

When I'm dead and laid out on the counter

A voice you will hear from below

Sayin', "Send out a hogshead of whiskey

To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau".

To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau

To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau

Sayin', "Send out a hogshead of whiskey

To drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau".

Then get you half a dozen smart fellows

Let them all stagger an' go

And dig a great hole in the meadow

And in it put Roison Le Beau

And in it put Roison Le Beau

And in it put Roison Le Beau

Go dig you a hole in the meadow

And in it put Roison Le Beau.

And get you a half dozen barrels

Put water at me head and me toes

With a diamond ring scratch in upon it

With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau.

With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau

With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau

With a diamond ring scratch in upon it

With the name of Ol' Roison Le Beau.

I hear that old tyrant approachin'

That cruel remorseless foe

And I lift up me glass in his honor

Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau.

Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau

Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau

And I lift up my glass in his honor

Take a drink with Ol' Roison Le Beau.