The Whichness Of The Whatness 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 September 2010
2010

There are so many things in life
so hard to understand;
How high is up, for instance,
do you know?
And why night falls but does not break,
Day breaks but does not fall,
And when a match goes out,
where does it go?
We clipped and sent a coupon
to a monthly magazine,
We got a book
that's just as plain as it can be!
For these and other questions,
nobody ever asks
the answer is on page one hundred three.

It's the whichness
of the whatness
and the whereness
of the who!
That explains most ev'rything to us.
And you must admit the whole thing
is ridiculously simple
as well as simply ridiculous see?
Don't forget it or remember
to forget that you forgot,
It will save you lots of trouble if you do.
Just get this in your head
and you will have it in a nutshell,
It's the whichness of the whatness
and the whereness of the who!

One evening while at dinner
I saw an oldish man,
His age between sixteen and eightyeight.
And when they served the salad
He rubbed his snow white head
with ev'ry single leaf upon his plate.
"Oh Sir, if you'll forgive me
and even if you don't,
Why do you treat your salad so?" I cried.
The old man rose in anger:
"My salad, Yudas Priest!
I thought that it was spinach!"
he replied.

It's the whichness of the whatness
and the whereness of the who!
That has always been so difficult to me.
For it seems as if it goes right
in one ear and out the other,
Well there's nothing there to stop it,
don't you see?
Any question you can think of
it is all the same to me,
I can answer anything you want me to,
Well, what's the reason
for the income tax or Prohibition?
It's the whichness of the whatness
and the whereness of the who!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Whichness Of The Whatness 1922
from "For Goodness Sake"
Music by William Daly & Paul Lannin
Lyrics by Arthur Jackson
© MCMXXII by Harms Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 13 September 2010 at 16.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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