From “Leave It To Jane”, 1917
Words by P. G. Wodehouse
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Girls! Girls! This land is full of girls
And I have met them all, I vow
And most of the lot I soon forgot
Some I did not Till now
I have known girls who liked to flirt
And I’ve known girls who told their mothers
Ah, but you’re the only one
Who’s really diffrent from the others
Refrain
It’s a great big land,
Full of Mollies, Kates and Daisies.
It’s a large, wide land,
Simply stuffed with Mauds and Maisies:
As you travel from the Bronx to San Francisco,
Girls of every variety you view:
But in all the population
Of this great and growing nation
I have never found a girl like you.
From New York to Minnesota,
Ev’ry state supplied its quota,
But I’ve never found a girl like you.
- Men! Men! This land is full of men,
As all the census books agree:
But try as I might, I’ve never quite
Found one that’s right for me.
I have kept them at a distance
Or I’ve treated them like brothers,
But I’ve always felt that each
Was just exactly like the others
Refrain
It’s a great big land,
Full of Toms and Dicks and Teddies;
It’s a large, wide land,
Cluttered up with Jacks and Freddies:
Even though you stay at home and never travel,
Men of ev’ry known variety you view:
But in all the population
Of this great and growing nation
I have never found a man like you.
From New York to Minnesota,
Ev’ry state supplied its quota,
But I’ve never found a man like you.