You Never Know Where You’re Goin’

(Till You Get There)
From “Cinderella Jones”, 1944.
Words by Sammy Cahn.
Music by Jule Styne.

The sheet music:

You-Never-Know-Where-Youre-Goin – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

You_Never_Know_Where_Youre_Goin – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

You never know where you’re goin’ till you get there
You never know where you’re goin’ till you get there
The sergeant told us this is it
We shoved off in the dark
We pulled right in to shore again
And learned to disembark
You never know where you’re goin’ till you get there
Ya may be off to Egypt or to Nome
Ya get no information till you reach your destination
But the sooner you’re there, the sooner you’ll be home

You never know where you’re goin’ till you get there
You never know where you’re goin’ till you get there
They give you heavy woolies
So, you think you’re goin’ north
You wind up where it’s hotter
Than a cracker on the “fourth”
You never know where you’re goin’ till you get there
Ya only know you’re gonna cross the foam
Ya don’t know where you’re goin’
Cause there ain’t no way of knowin’
But the sooner you’re there, the sooner you’ll be home

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: