WAY OUT WEST

from "Babes In Arms" 
1937 musical New York

Richard Rodgers (m) Lorenz Hart (l)  1937

as recorded by Mardi Bayne w Orchestra 
conducted by Lehman Engel  
1951 New York


I've travelled the plains,
In mountain streams I've paddled,
Over the Rockies I would trail.
I'd hark to the strains
Of cowboys in the saddle,
Very unmusical but male!

I've roamed o'er the ranch with the herd,
Where seldom is heard an intelligent word!

Get along little taxi, you can keep the change,
I'm ridin' home to my kitchen range,
Way out west on West End Avenue!
Oh, I love to listen to the wagon wheels
That bring the milk that your neighbour steals,
Way out west on West End Avenue!

Keep all your mountains
And your lone prairie so pretty,
Give me the fountains
That go wrong in Rodeo City!

I would trade your famous steer and antelope
For one tall beer and a canteloupe,
Way out west on West End Avenue, yippee-aye-ay!

Get along little taxi, you can keep the change,
I'm ridin' home to my kitchen range,
Way out west on West End Avenue!
Oh, I love to listen to the wagon wheels
That bring the milk that your neighbour steals,
Way out west on West End Avenue!

Keep all your mountains
And your lone prairie so pretty,
Give me the fountains
That go wrong in Rodeo City!

I would trade your famous steer and antelope
For one tall beer and a canteloupe,
Way out west on West End Avenue, yippee-aye-ay!
Yippee-aye-ay!
Yippee-aye-ay!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2012)