A popular song from 1909
Words by Jeff T. Branen
Music by Malvin M. Franklin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Of all the dangers in this world
To guard against, you see
I think the very worst perhaps is curiosity
When I was young I foolishly
Depended on my eyes
Regarding everything, in strength
According to its size
But dad, he said, said he
Come listen, son, to me
Don’t think, because you’ve licked a horse
That you can lick a bee”
Chorus:
My curiosity
It kind of got the best of me
Straight forth I went into the field
To hunt me up a bee
I found one, Holy Gee
O but he got there first on me
“Enough!” I cried, I’ve satisfied
My curiosity
- One day a circus came to town
My daddy said to me
“Come on, my boy, let’s go and see
The whole menagerie”
Inside the tent I let a yell
“Look, daddy, look right there”
“That animal has got two tails
And not a bit of hair”
My father smiled at me
“No, no, my boy,” said he
“That animal ain’t got two tails
One is his trunk, you see”
Chorus:
My curiosity
It kind of got the best of me
I couldn’t figure out which end
His trunk was on you see
I grabbed at one, oh gee
O how the blamed thing clung to me
“Enough!” I cried, I’ve satisfied
My curiosity
(more lyrics on the sheet music)