I was born ten thousand years ago
And there's nothin' in the world that I don't know
I saw Peter, Paul and Moses
Playing ring-around-the-roses
And I'll bash the guy what says it isn't so

I saw Satan when he looked the garden o'er
Then saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
And behind the bushes peeping
Saw the apple they were eating
And I'll swear that I was the guy what ate the core

I taught Samson how to use his mighty hand
I first showed Columbus where to find this land
And for Pharoah's little kids
I went and built the pyramids
And to Sahara carried all the sand

I taught Solomon his simple A B C's
i was the first man to east Lindbergher cheese
And while floating down the bay
With Methusala one day
I saw his beard a floating in the breeze

I saw Nero fiddling while he burnt up Rome
And I told him that it looked like his future home
And when he had the nerve to swear
Well I dragged him from his chair
And I burst a whiskey bottle on his dome

Then the Queen of Sheba fell in love with me
And we were married up in Dublin secretly
But I got tired of naggin'
So I bought a covered wagon
And I took the wagon train to Tennessee

I was born ten thousand years ago
And there's nothin' in the world that I don't know
I saw Peter, Paul and Moses
Playing ring-around-the-roses
And I'll bash the guy what says it isn't so.

