I'm The Man That Wrote Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
I'M THE MAN THAT WROTE "TA-RA-RA-BOOM-DE-AY." Copyright, 1892, by Frank Harding. Words and Music by James Thornton. 
For more than twenty years I've trod the stage. That's before farce-comedy became the rage; But believe me when I say, I never knew a lucky day Until I wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay. 
Chorus. I'm the man that wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay; It has been sung in ev'ry language night And day; I wrote it in a garret while out with Booth and Barrett, I'm the man that wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay. 
I wrote it on a hot and frosty night; I poured beer in my old shoes till they got tight; Ten policemen came that way, they'd been searching night and day For the man that wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay. 
Chorus. I'm the man that wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay, But promise me you won't give it away; For when the people meet me, with bricks they'll surely greet me. Because I wrote la-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay. 
'Tis the grandest song that was ever penned by man, In Shakespeare And its equal if you can; Shakespeare could write a play, but he never saw the day That he could write Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay. 
Chorus. I'm the man who wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay; It has been sung in every language night and day; I wrote it in a garret while out with Booth And Barrett, I'm the man who wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay. 
A monument they'll give me when I'm dead. And how often this inscription will be read: "Within this bed of clay the remains are stowed away, Of the man who wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay." 
Chorus. I'm the man that wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay; In appearances I may look like a jay; I wore old paper collars and my salary was ten dollars Until I wrote Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay.