In playing at billiards, the cue, tra la,
Has greatly to do with the case
Unless the style of the swing, tra la,
Be just exactly the thing, tra la,
The effort will end in disgrace

And that's what I mean
When I say or I sing
That great is the virtue
That lies in the swing

If you otherwise handle the cue, tra la
Your stroke will be properly foozled, I ween.
Without the proper swing, tra la,
Of the kind of which I sing, tra la,
The stroke can never be clean

And that's what I mean
When I say or I sing
That great is the virtue
That lies in the swing.