ABC's OF THE USA, THE
>From the Broadway Musical "The Yankee Prince" (1908)
(George M. Cohan)


Ada Jones & Billy Murray -1908





BM: 
A stands for answer, that's what I want from you
B stands for
AJ: 
Beware, young man, beware, don't get new
BM:
C stands for crazy, crazy about you dear
D stands for
AJ:
Don't iI tell you I don't want to hear

BM: Do you know your A-B-Cs
AJ: Well I pay my C-O-Ds
BM: Do you always mind your Ps and Qs
AJ: I am very, very careful of my I-O-Us
BM: Do you ever act NG
AJ: I'm right from A to Z
BM: Little Miss America, you're all OK
AJ: Thank you Mister USA

BM:
E stands for easy, that's how you won my heart
F stands for
AM:
Foolish chappie, you've been from the start
BM:
G stands for greedy, greedy for you, my dear
H stands for
AM:
Hold on, young man, I don't want to hear

BM: Do you know your A-B-Cs
AJ: Well I pay my C-O-Ds
BM: Do you always mind your Ps and Qs
AJ: I am very, very careful of my I-O-Us
BM: Do you ever act NG
AJ: I'm right from A to Z
BM: Little Miss America, you're all OK
AJ: Thank you Mister USA






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2014)