It's a Great Big Land

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It's a Great Big Land (1917)
Jerome Kern (music) and P. G. Wodehouse (lyrics)
594309It's a Great Big Land1917Jerome Kern (music) and P. G. Wodehouse (lyrics)
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[Verse]

Billy. Girls! Girls! This land is full of girls,
and I have met them all, I vow.
And most of the lot I soon forgot:
Some I did not Till now.
I have known girls who liked to flirt, and I've known girls who told their mothers;
Ah, but you're the only one who's really diffrent from the others:

[Burthen]

Billy. It's a great big land,
Full of Mollies, Kates and Daisies.
It's a large, wide land,
Simply stuffed with Mauds and Maisies:
As you travel from the Bronx to San Francisco,
Girls of every variety you view:
But in all the population of this great and growing nation
I have never found a girl like you.
From New York to Minnesota,
Ev'ry state supplied its quota,
But I've never found a girl like you.

[Verse]

Jane. Men! Men! This land is full of men,
as all the census books agree:
But try as I might, I've never quite
Found one that's right for me.
I have kept them at a distance, or I've treated them like brothers,
But I've always felt that each was just exactly like the others;

[Burthen]

Jane. It's a great big land,
Full of Toms and Dicks and Teddies;
It's a large, wide land,
Cluttered up with Jacks and Freddies:
Even though you stay at home and never travel,
Men of ev'ry known variety you view:
But in all the population of this great and growing nation
I have never found a man like you.
From New York to Minnesota,
Ev'ry state supplied its quota,
But I've never found a man like you.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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