| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| C | Am | |
| Wild Papa from | Polecat Hollow |
| D | G | |
| I don't want to get | rough |
| C | |
| You | want to know just what we got |
| F | |
| Got good rhythm and swing it hot |
| C | D | |
| I'm a | ding dong daddy from | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | ought to see me do my | stuff. |
| Instrumental |
| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Baby |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| Am | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from | Dumas |
| D | G | |
| I don't wanna get get | rough |
| C | |
| Well a | pretty little mom tried to put me on the run |
| F | |
| But I | had to burn her down with a Thompson Gun |
| C | D | |
| I'm a | Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| INSTRUMENTAL |
| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from | Dumas, Baby |
| G | C | |
| And | liquor is my | racket |
| Am | |
| Lots of times when | things are dull |
| D | G | |
| I | deal in other | traffic |
| C | |
| I can | sell you morphine, coke or snow, |
| F | |
| Take a little shot and you're rarin' to go |
| C | D | |
| Cause I'm a | ding dong daddy from | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | ought to see me do my | stuff. |
| INSTRUMENTAL |
| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| C | Am | |
| Wild poppa from | Polecat Hollow |
| D | G | |
| I don't want to get | rough |
| C | |
| I | got a girl little and low |
| F | |
| Used to go and see her but I don't no more |
| C | D | |
| I'm a | Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff. |
| INSTRUMENTAL |
| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| Am | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, |
| D | G | |
| I don't want to get | rough |
| C | |
| You can | shake it you can break it, you can hang it on the wall |
| F | |
| If you | throw it out the window I'll catch it 'fore it falls |
| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| C | D | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| Am | |
| I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, |
| D | G | |
| I don't want to get | rough |
| C | |
| If | that's your gal tie her to your side |
| F | |
| If she | flags my train I'm gonna let her ride |
| C | D | |
| I'm a | Ding Dong Daddy From | Dumas, Babe |
| G | C | |
| You | oughta see me do my | stuff |
| __________________________________________________________________________________ |
| These are composite lyrics. |
| The original 1937 version included the "liquor is my racket/Morphine, Coke, or Snow", verse |
| and ended at the next instrumental after that. |
| Later versions didn't include that verse, but did include the verses |
| that come below it in this lyric. |