And They Say He Went To College 1907

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 7 Dec 2008
2008

In a restaurant
the other night,
the best one in New York
I saw a man
who vainly tried to eat soup
with a fork.
My heart went out in pity,
ev'ry time his fork would plunge
he didn't know the right way
to eat soup is with a sponge:

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
He acted like a lobster
with an amputated claw
when a bowl near him the waiter laid
why he washed his hands in Lemonade,
And they say
they say he went to college
Rah! Rah! Rah!

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
He acted like a lobster
with an amputated claw
when a bowl near him the waiter laid
why he washed his hands in Lemonade,
And they say
they say he went to college
Rah! Rah! Rah!

On a crowded car a woman once
a market basket took,
She gave a scream of pain
and then she gave a man a look:
"Here you, you're standing on her corn!"
A young girl intervenes
he'd one foot on her corn
and one foot on her butter beans:

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
Apology, stageology
Ted Marks and Bernard Shaw
He arranged her corns and beans and such,
but her leg of mutton he'd not touch,
And they say
they say he went to college
Rah! Rah! Rah!

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
Apology, stageology
Ted Marks and Bernard Shaw
He arranged her corns and beans and such,
but her leg of mutton he'd not touch,
And they say
they say he went to college
Rah! Rah! Rah!

Sev'ral friends of mine
once tendered me a banquet up at Mink's
and after that, we went and had
Chop Suey at the Chink's
a captain in the army,
the Salvation if I'm right
said: "I just seen the programme
and they done this out of sight:"

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
Astrology, Baseballogy
Mike Doulin and McGraw
He could not eat peas to save his life,
why they rolled right off the Captain's knife
and they say,
they say he went to BluePoint
Raw! Raw! Raw!

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
Astrology, Baseballogy
Mike Doulin and McGraw
He could not eat peas to save his life,
why they rolled right off the Captain's knife
and they say,
they say he went to BluePoint
Raw! Raw! Raw!

When it comes to Alienists,
why I think that we lead the band.
One had the "pneumogastric nerve"
to tell upon the stand,
that he'd read "Argyle Robinson"
and then he "got a hook"
for what the expert didn't know
would more than fill a book:

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
Hot Ironogy, Stickpinogy
Brain storm that takes in law
When he played his best trump "cardiac"
Then to Pittsburg quick
he beat it back
And they say
they say he went to college
Rah! Rah! Rah!

And they say he went to College
Where he gained a lot of knowledge.
Hot Ironogy, Stickpinogy
Brain storm that takes in law
When he played his best trump "cardiac"
Then to Pittsburg quick
he beat it back
And they say
they say he went to college
Rah! Rah! Rah!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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And They Say He Went To College 1907
Music by Seymour Firth
Lyrics by E.P.Moran
© 1907 by Maurice Shapiro - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 7 December 2008 at 15.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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