(Verse)
[JIMMY]
A babbitt met a bromide
On the avenue one day
And held a conversation
In their own peculiar way

[FRANKIE]
They both were solid citizens
They both had been around
And as they spoke, you clearly saw
Their feet were on the ground

(Chorus)
[JIMMY]
Hello!

[FRANKIE]
How are you?

[JIMMY]
How's the folks?

[FRANKIE]
What's new?
[JIMMY]
I'm great!

[FRANKIE]
That's good

[JIMMY]
Ha ha!

[FRANKIE]
Touch wood!

[JIMMY]
Well, well!

[FRANKIE]
What say?

[JIMMY]
How've you been?

[FRANKIE]
Nice day

[JIMMY]
How's things?
[FRANKIE]
What's new?

[JIMMY]
That's fine

[FRANKIE]
How are you?
Nice weather we are having
But it gives me such a pain
I've brought my umbrella
So of course it doesn't rain

[JIMMY]
Well, hi-ho!

[FRANKIE]
That's life

[JIMMY]
What's new?

[FRANKIE]
How's the wife?

[JIMMY]
Got to run
[FRANKIE]
Oh, my!

[JIMMY]
Ta-ta!

[FRANKIE]
Olive oil!

[JIMMY]
Goodbye

(Verse 2)
[JIMMY]
Ten years went quickly by
For both these substi-antial men
And then it happened that one day
They chanced to meet again

[FRANKIE]
That they had both developed
In ten years, there was no doubt
And so, of course, they had
An awful lot to talk about

(Chorus 2)
[JIMMY]
Hello!

[FRANKIE]
How are you?

[JIMMY]
How's the folks?

[FRANKIE]
What's new?

[JIMMY]
I'm great!

[FRANKIE]
That's good

[JIMMY]
Ha ha!

[FRANKIE]
Touch wood!

[JIMMY]
Well, well!

[FRANKIE]
What say?

[JIMMY]
How've you been?

[FRANKIE]
Nice day

[JIMMY]
How's things?

[FRANKIE]
What's new?

[JIMMY]
That's fine

[FRANKIE]
How are you?

[JIMMY]
I seem to know your face
But I just can't recall your name

[FRANKIE]
Well, how've you been, old boy?
You're looking just about the same

[JIMMY]
Well, hi-ho!

[FRANKIE]
That's life

[JIMMY]
What's new?

[FRANKIE]
How's the wife?

[JIMMY]
Got to run

[FRANKIE]
Oh, my!

[JIMMY]
Ta-ta!

[FRANKIE]
Olive oil!

[JIMMY]
Goodbye

(Verse 3)
[JIMMY]
Before they met again
Some twenty years they had to wait
This time it happened up above
Inside of Peter's Gate

[FRANKIE]
A harp they both were carrying
And both were wearing wings
And this is what they said
As they were strumming on the strings:

(Chorus 3)
[JIMMY]
Hello!

[FRANKIE]
How are you?

[JIMMY]
How's the folks?

[FRANKIE]
What's new?

[JIMMY]
Got to run

[FRANKIE]
Oh, my!

[JIMMY]
Ta-ta!

[FRANKIE]
Olive oil!

[JIMMY]
Goodbye