I dreamed I was a cave-boy
And lived in a cave,
A mammoth for my saddle horse,
A monkey for my slave.
And through the tree-fern forests
A-riding I would go,
When I was once a cave-boy,
A million years ago.

I dreamed I was a cave-boy;
I hunted with a spear
The sabre-toothed tiger,
The prehistoric deer.
A wolf-skin for my dress suit,
I thought me quite a beau,
When I was once a cave-boy,
A million years ago.

I dreamed I was a cave-boy;
My dinner was a bone,
And how I had to fight for it,
To get it for my own!
We banged each other o'er the head,
And oft our blood did flow,
When I was once a cave-boy,
A million years ago.

I dreamed I was a cave-boy.
The torches' smoky light
Shone on the dinner table,
A pile of bones so white.
I lapped some water from the spring,
The easiest way, you know,
When I was once a cave-boy,
A million years ago.

I dreamed — but now I am awake;
A voice is in my ear.
" Come out and have a game of ball!
The sun is shining clear.
We'll have some doughnuts afterwards,
And then a-swimming go! "
I'm glad I'm not a cave-boy,
A million years ago!