Some chaps like a game of tennis, some like boating on the sea.

Some are fond of cricket or a ball they want to kick it

But there's only one sport that appeals to me.

I love to hike, that's what I like, Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life.

I tramp a mile, then sit a while

A bumblebee there in the grass comes and stings me on my elbow.

Down comes the rain and I get wet through,

I can’t blow my nose because it's already "blew"

I catch a chill, and feel so ill. Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life.

I love to hike, that's what I like, Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life.

My girl and me, sat neath a tree

A great big blackbird with its claws came and tore off my girl's jumper

When she got home her mother did shout

You haven't come home the same as when you went out

She hung her head and blushing said, Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life.