As true as story, I'll relate
Hey -ho, cook and row
How the landlord told our cook one night
Hey -ho, cook and row
Oh, you must answer questions nine
Hey -ho, cook and row
See if your flat is yours or mine
Hey -ho, cook and row
Hey -ho, tell them no
With a barbed wire fence and a piano
Took a thousand cops to make them go
Three cheers for cook and row
Oh, what is higher than a tree?
Hey -ho, cook and row
And what is lower than a flea?
Hey -ho, cook and row
My rent is higher than a tree
Hey -ho, cook and row
And the landlord's lower than a flea
Hey -ho, cook and row
Hey -ho, tell them who
With a barbed wire fence and a piano
Took a thousand cops to make them go
Three cheers for cook and row
Oh, what goes on and never stops?
Hey -ho, cook and row
And what is gentler than a cop?
Hey -ho, cook and row
The tenants' fight will never stop
Hey -ho, cook and row
And the devil is gentler than a cop
Hey -ho, cook and row
Hey -ho, tell him no
With a barbed wire fence and a piano
Took a thousand cops to make him go
Three cheers for cook and row
Oh, what is stronger than a door?
Hey -ho, cook and row
And tell me what a roof is for
Hey -ho, cook and row
Bob Dwight is stronger,
here's your proof
Hey -ho, Cook & Row
The bailiffs came in through the roof
Hey -ho, Cook & Row
Hey -ho, tell them over
the barbed wire fence and a piano
Took a thousand cops to make them go
Three cheers for Cook & Row
Will you get off my property?
Hey -ho, Cook & Row
Or will you pay the rent to me?
Hey -ho, Cook & Row
We've settled in, as you can see
Hey -ho, Cook & Row
Now won't you stop for a cup of tea?
Hey ho, cook and row,
hey ho, tell them no
With a barbed wire fence and a piano
Took a thousand cops to make them go
Three cheers for cook and row
Oh now I've lost me board and bed
Hey ho, cook and row
I'll barricade the streets instead
Hey ho, cook and row
So all you tenants settle in
Hey ho, cook and row
Keep up the fight, you're bound to win
Hey ho, cook and row
Hey -ho, tell them no,
With a barbed wire fence and a piano,
Took a thousand cops to make them go,
Three cheers for Cook and Row!