Geography

From “Jumping Jupiter”, 1909
Words by Junie McCree
Music by Albert Von Tilzer


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:


Lyrics

  1. 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

  1. 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: