Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town   Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down      The birthplace of our nation is Boston so they say   They try to keep it as it was but it's changing every day      Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town   Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down      The Red Coats, they were comin', their cloth was made of tweed   Some say their shirts were button down   (The tradition is Ivy League)      Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town   Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down      We met a chap from Harvard, very slim and pale   The last time that we saw him he was dancing with a cat from Yale      Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town   Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down      And just a mile from Harvard's a campus you should see   M I C K E Y M O U S E      Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town   Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down      The folks who come from Boston are said to be quite dated.   So whadda ya have to say, my friend?   Well, uh, Bobby and Teddy and I made it      Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town   Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down