From “Jumping Jupiter”, 1909
Words by Junie McCree
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:
Lyrics
- I love the old red school house
I love my teacher, too
But did you love your lessons
As a good boy ought to do
Your spelling was a failure
Your ‘rithmatic was bad
But in geography I was a very clever lad
A very clever lad
Chorus
Geography, Geography
Here’s a little lesson in geography
Now can you tell a cape
By it’s peculiar shape
When the weather’s colder
Women wear them ’round their shouders
In Geography, Geography
I mean the capes you’ll find in history
There’s Cape Cod, Cape Town
Caper sauce and Capon
They’re the Capes in my Geography
- You cannot bound a river
You cannot bound a state
But I can bound a rubber ball
And bound it pretty straight
Can you describe a mountain
A very hilly spot
I’m almost sure that you are not
A-mountin’ to a lot
A-mountin’ to a lot
Chorus
Geography, Geography
Here’s a little lesson in geography
Your capes are really great
Now tell me what’s a strait
Straight without a joker
Always beat two pair in poker
In Geography, Geography
I mean the straits you’ll find in history
Here’s straight nose, straight hair
Behring straits and straight bear
They’re the straits in my Geography
Sung here by Vancha March: