Groucho Mr Horace Greeley was no fool
I'm sure that you agree with me that Greeley was no fool
Choir What he is getting at is that Mr Greeley was no fool
boy The wisdom of the man can be denied by none
for he's the one that said:
Groucho Before you go to Buffalo to Baltimore or Borneo
To Eastern Pennsylvania or Japan
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho If you go to that land, sonny
you will have a lot of money
If you bring the money with you when you come
Choir To the lone prairie, Yippi-yi, yippi-yi
Groucho Yippi-yi-yi-yi!
Choir Yippi-yi, yippi-yi, yippi-yi
Groucho Before you read a travel ad
And scamper off to Trinidad
too often in New York and Yucatan
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho In the East they live on doughnuts
In the West the natives grow nuts
And I guarantee you go nuts if you come
Choir To the lone prairie, Yippi-yay, yippi-yay
Groucho Yippi-yay-yay-yay!
Choir Yippi-yi, yippi-yi, yippi-yi
Groucho A cowboy's gal is a real true pal
She will stick to him right or wrong
Choir right or wrong
Groucho She don't say nothing
And she don't do nothing
And she don't know nothing
And she don't want nothing, but a horse
And a cowboy, for she just keeps rolling along
Choir Go West! Young Man
Go where the air puts hair on your chest, young man
Groucho You can ride a bucking bronco or a pony
You can cut a calf in half and make baloney
Choir Go West! Young Man
Go right up there and give 'em the very best you can
Groucho Don't go east, don't go south, don't go north, have a care
don't go up, don't go down, don't go here, don't go there
If it's true what they say about Dixie
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho Go out and till the soil there
Dig for gold and you'll find oil there
Choir As the crow flies, when the snow flies, go, there's no "no"!
Groucho If you are fond of hunting there's no place that can compare
You may not bag a lion or a tiger or a bear
But if you want a jack-a** there are plenty of them there
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho The judges there are very fair, they always are of course!
A cowboy and his Mrs went to court for a divorce
The cowboy got the children and the Mrs got the horse
All Go West! Young Man
Yi-hi!
I'm sure that you agree with me that Greeley was no fool
Choir What he is getting at is that Mr Greeley was no fool
boy The wisdom of the man can be denied by none
for he's the one that said:
Groucho Before you go to Buffalo to Baltimore or Borneo
To Eastern Pennsylvania or Japan
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho If you go to that land, sonny
you will have a lot of money
If you bring the money with you when you come
Choir To the lone prairie, Yippi-yi, yippi-yi
Groucho Yippi-yi-yi-yi!
Choir Yippi-yi, yippi-yi, yippi-yi
Groucho Before you read a travel ad
And scamper off to Trinidad
too often in New York and Yucatan
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho In the East they live on doughnuts
In the West the natives grow nuts
And I guarantee you go nuts if you come
Choir To the lone prairie, Yippi-yay, yippi-yay
Groucho Yippi-yay-yay-yay!
Choir Yippi-yi, yippi-yi, yippi-yi
Groucho A cowboy's gal is a real true pal
She will stick to him right or wrong
Choir right or wrong
Groucho She don't say nothing
And she don't do nothing
And she don't know nothing
And she don't want nothing, but a horse
And a cowboy, for she just keeps rolling along
Choir Go West! Young Man
Go where the air puts hair on your chest, young man
Groucho You can ride a bucking bronco or a pony
You can cut a calf in half and make baloney
Choir Go West! Young Man
Go right up there and give 'em the very best you can
Groucho Don't go east, don't go south, don't go north, have a care
don't go up, don't go down, don't go here, don't go there
If it's true what they say about Dixie
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho Go out and till the soil there
Dig for gold and you'll find oil there
Choir As the crow flies, when the snow flies, go, there's no "no"!
Groucho If you are fond of hunting there's no place that can compare
You may not bag a lion or a tiger or a bear
But if you want a jack-a** there are plenty of them there
Choir Go West! Young Man
Groucho The judges there are very fair, they always are of course!
A cowboy and his Mrs went to court for a divorce
The cowboy got the children and the Mrs got the horse
All Go West! Young Man
Yi-hi!