English text
When I was a kid I said to my father one afternoon, "Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?" He answered, "If the zoo wants you let them come and get you." -- Jerry Lewis
English variant — jive
When ah' wuz some kid ah' said t'my fada' one afternoon, "Daddy, gots'ta ya' snatch me t'de zoo?" He answered, "If de zoo wants's ya' let dem come and git ya'." -- Jerry Lewis
English variant — valspeak
When I was like wow! a kid I said to my father one afternoon, like, "Daddy, oh, baby, will you take me to thuh zoo?" That dude answered, oh, baby, "If thuh zoo wants you let them come and get you." -- Jerry Lewis