Anticipation Blues

She just got home from the doctor

I just got home from the mill

She looked a little peaked, her eyes were kinda streaked

I couldn't figure out what made her ill

She looked a little weepish, smiled kinda sheepish

The answer hit me like a hickory mall

I throwed my dinner bucket down, yelled like a trailin' hound

I was gonna be a daddy after all

Now the waitin', anticipatin'

Rockabye, I'm gonna be a daddy now

Well, the weeks went by kinda sweetly

Then all at once, I thought she'd lost her mind

She would rant, she'd rave, for the things she would crave

Like ice cream and sauerkraut combined

She wanted watermelon, it was wintertime

Dill pickles set around the house in jars

My, how she'd eat that stuff, she never seemed to get enough

And at 3 AM, she'd want candy bars

Oh, the waitin', anticipatin'

Rockabye, I'm gonna be a daddy now

Well, at last the time was drawin' near

I began to walk and pace and sweat

The doctor said, now, son, I know this ain't no fun

But we ain't never lost a daddy yet

I stood up and I sat down, I even thought of leavin' town

The doctor and the nurse came out all grins

They said, buck up, my boy, you should shout with joy

You're the daddy of a pair of bouncin' twins

No more waitin', anticipatin'

Rockabye, I'm a daddy now