I had a friend, a friend I could trust   He went into the park and got busted   Doin' the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag   Went in the park late at night   And he put a lot of people over eighty up tight   He was doin' the ring-a-round-a-rosy rag      Ring around, ring around rose   Touch your nose and blow your toes and mind   Doin' the ring-around-a-rosy rag   Ring around, ring-around-a-rose   Touch your nose and blow your toes and mind   Doin' the ring-around-a-rosy rag      We ought to send Officer Joe Strange   To some Australian mountain range   So we all can do the ring-around-a-rosy rag   Would you like to put Philadelphia up tight   One mass ring-around-a-rosy, in the middle of the night?   Yes we all should do the ring-around-a-rosy rag      Ring around, ring around rose   Touch your nose and blow your toes and mind   Doin' the ring-around-a-rosy rag   And it really was a drag   I said, "Ring around, ring-around-a-rose   Touch your nose and blow your toes and mind   Doin' the ring-around-a-rosy "      Touch your nose and blow your toes   There one you're doin' the ring-around-a-rosy rag