From the musical “Oklahoma”, 1943
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I got to Kansas City on a Frid’y
By Sattidy I larned a thing or two
For up to then I didn’t have an idy
Of whut the modren world was comin’ to
I counted twenty gas buggies goin’ by theirsel’s
Almost ev’ry time I tuk a walk
’Nen I put my ear to a Bell telephone,
And a strange womern started in to talk
Whut next! Yeah, whut! Whut next?
Refrain:
Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City.
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin’ orta grow
Ev’rythin’s like a dream in Kansas City
It’s better than a magic-lantern show
Y’ c’n turn the radiator on
Whenever you want some heat
With ev’ry kind o’ comfort
Ev’ry house is all complete
You c’n walk to privies in the rain
And never wet yer feet
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go, Yes, sir
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go
Refrain:
Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go
They got a big theayter they call a burleeque
Fer fifty cents you c’n see a dandy show
One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty
As round above as she was round below
I could swear that she was padded
From her shoulder to her heel
But later in the second act
When she began to peel
She proved that ev’rythin’ she had
Was absolutely real
She went about as fur as she could go, Yes,sir
She went about as fur as she could go
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: