Roly Poly eatin' corn and taters hungry every minute of the day Roly Poly knowin' all the biscuits long as he can chew it it's okay He can eat an apple pie and never even bat his eye He likes everything from a soup to hay Roly Poly daddy's little fatty daddy's gonna be a man someday [ steel - fiddle ] Roly Poly scrambled eggs for breakfast bread and jelly twenty times a day Roly Poly eats a hardy dinner it takes lots of strenght to run and play He pulls up weeds and does the chores and run both ways to all the stores He works up that apetite that way Roly Poly daddy's little fatty daddy's gonna be a man someday