WHERE DID ROBINSON CRUSOE GO WITH FRIDAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT?
From the Broadway Musical "Robinson Crusoe, Jr." (1916)
(Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young / George W. Meyer)

Al Jolson (Broadway Production) - 1916
Ciro's Club Coon Orch. - 1917
Harry Roy & The Ragamuffins - 1938
Max Morath - 1963
Ian Whitcomb - 1966
Annie Lebeaux - 2001

Also recorded by: Sadie Green Sales Ragtime Jugband



Over a thousand years, or maybe more
Out on an island on a lonely shore
Robinson Crusoe landed one fine day
No rent to pay
No wife to obey
His good man Friday was his only friend
He didn't borrow or lend
They built a little hut
Lived there till Friday, but
Saturday night it was shut

Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night?
Every Saturday night they would start in to roam
And on Sunday morning they'd come staggering home
They went hunting for rabbits when the weather grew colder
But Crusoe came home with a hare on his shoulder
Now, where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night?

Robinson Crusoe was a good old scout
Robinson Crusoe knew his way about
He'd go out hunting chickens now and then
But he knew when
He was chasing a hen
Once he told Friday, "You must stay at home
I've got to go out alone"
Friday felt very blue
He said, "It's wrong of you
Couldn't you fix it for two?"

Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night?
One fine Saturday night they had nothing to do
So they started counting all the girlies they knew
Friday counted to thirteen, and Crusoe said, "Brother,
You know, thirteen's unlucky. Let's go get another"
So, where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night?

Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night?
Every Saturday night they would start in to roam
And on Sunday morning they'd come staggering home
On this island lived wild men and cannibal crimmin
And you know where there are wild men, there must be wild women
So, where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday night?