It is today couriers day   I have a letter to say   Pen is good for nothing do me in   This letter old letter is arrears   It shall stay to the post for years yeah   Till at what o'clock is ten clock strike?   Cry wet smile dry if you won't then say goodbye   It is not that   Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye      And all we want to see's all that   It is remarkable   The streets be laid out by line   And to paved yeah      Until two o'clock after midnight   At what o'clock are you to bed?   I think yet that it is ten clock strike   This letter old letter is arrears   It shall stay to the post for years   This day is good for nothing   Do me in      How is the day of the month the year   The day the hour etcetera   That is some letter to me   Go brand them in the eye   See 'em wet and cry   Making 'em smile dry   Cry Dixie hang 'em high   Brand 'em in the eye   Oh my! See 'em wet and cry   See 'em wet and cry      I am to tell some words that I know by heart   "Tie 'em rope 'em brand 'em in the eye   Cry all wet and smile dry"      I see 'em wet and cry   Making 'em smile smile dry   Cry Dixie hang 'em high   Brand 'em in the eye   Oh my! See 'em wet and cry   Making 'em smile dry   Cry Dixie hang 'em high   Brand 'em in the eye