(Where’s Himalaya?)
From the 1927 musical “Chauve Souris”.
American lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
Music by Anton Profes.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In a big crowd, yelling out loud
I saw Missus Fred’rick Wilhelm Meyer
She said to me, “Say did you see
Little Mister Meyer, he’s a mountain climber
Ev’ry weekend he goes to spend
‘Way up in the Himalaya Mountains
Tell me how he spends his time
Why don’t he take me when goes to climb?”
Chorus
Where is my Meyer? Where’s Himalaya?
Each week he’s higher, my little Meyer
I’ve decided him a liar
What is the reason, he keeps on climbing
It’s not the season, I’m asking
Where is my Meyer?
For what goes up must come down
- Oh how she cried, so I replied
“I don’t know your husband, Missus Meyer”
She dried her eyes, then she replied
“Tell me, are there any lady mountain climbers?
He takes his grip for ev’ry trip
‘Way up in the Himalaya Mountains
Stacks up, packs up his silk shirts
I have to wash and press ’em, that’s what hurts”
Chorus
Where is my Meyer? Where’s Himalaya?
He said, “Hawaii”, my little Meyer
I’ve decided him a liar
He starts at dawning, a rope around him
Comes home next morning, it’s missing
Where is my Meyer
One look at me, he’ll climb a tree