From the revue “Sing Out the News”, 1938
Words and music by Harold J. Rome
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I hear tell there’s a stranger
In the Jones household
Yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee
That’s what I’m told
I hear tell there’s a new arrival six days old
Yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee
Worth his weight in gold
Come right in and meet the son
Christening’s done
Time to have some fun
Yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee
Yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee
Refrain:
It’s a big holiday everywhere
For the Jones family has a brand new heir
He’s the joy Heaven sent
And they proudly present
Mister Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
When he grows up he never will stray
With a name like the one that he’s got today
As he walks down the street
Folks will say “Pleased to meet”
Mister Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
What a smile! And how he shows it!
He’ll keep happy all day long
What a name! I bet he knows it
With that handle how can he go wrong!
And the folks in the town all agree
He’ll be famous, as famous as he can be
How can he be a dud
Or a stick in the mud
When he’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
Yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee, yes sir-ee