From the 1902 musical “The Wizard of Oz”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Paul Tietjens.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- One day a weary traveller
Walked down a village street
Did he? I think he did
He thought he’d stop and ask
A lady for a bite to eat
Did he? I think he did
He knocked upon a door
And said in accents so polite
“I’m very hungry and I hope
You’ll let me have a bite”
“Oh, you shall have my pie”
The young wife answered with delight
Did she? I think she did
Chorus
Oh, the weary hungry traveller
The hungry, luckless traveller
He took one little bite
And next minute took to flight
Oh, the weary, luckless, hungry traveller
- He walked into a restaurant
And ordered quite a spread
Did he? I think he did
The waiter brought the bill to him
Before the man was fed
Did he? I think he did
He rapped upon the table
And exclaimed, “See here, mine host
I’m hungry, and of course
I’d like a ourse of quail-on-taost
The landlord didn’t quail
But he gave his guest a roast
Did he? I think he did
Chorus
Oh, the shattered, tattered traveller
The tattered, battered traveller
Of such an awful roast
No hungry man could boast
Oh, the shattered, battered, tattered traveller
- He asked a girl to marry him
She said it couldn’t be
Did she? I think she did
She said to work for more than one
With her did not agree
Did she? I think she did
She said she’d be his sister
But he didn’t like the joke
Although he kicked like any steer
She wouldn’t take the yoke
He swore his heart would break
And she suspected he was broke
Did she? I think she did
Chorus
Oh, the loving, yearning traveller
The yearning, burning traveller
His heart was sadly flayed
By the cruel little jade
Oh, the tender, loving, yearning traveller
Sung here by Vancha March: