(When John Smith went away)
A 1919 popular song
words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
music by Fred E. Ahlert
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Fred Feild:
Lyrics
- Looking through my history
I found a little mystery
About a certain dame
How did little Pocahontas
Take John Smith for all his wampus
Bet I know her game
He taught her how to play poker
She sent him home without his dough
Every time that he came back
He found her with a larger stack
And here’s what I’d like to know
Chorus
Who played poker with Pocahontas
When John Smith went away?
She always dressed up so pretty
Somebody must have fed the kitty
She wore a blush just like every Indian
That led John astray
Poor Johnny’s pipe of peace
Was out the day he quit
When he came back he found
His piece of pipe was lit
Now who played poker with Pocahontas
When John Smith went away?
- Cleopat in history
Just made a mark of Anthony
Old Anthy knew it, too
When Napoleon went busted
Josephine was sure disgusted
At his Waterloo
Take off your hat to Columbus
He put Queen Isabelle in hock
All the facts are bonafide
But here’s a thing we must decide
And don’t think I mean to knock
Chorus
Who played poker with Pocahontas
When John Smith went away?
She always dressed up so pretty
Somebody must have fed the kitty
She wore a blush just like every Indian
That led John astray
He called on her one cold night
In an awful storm
She had no coal but still
She kept her old wigwam
Now who played poker with Pocahontas
When John Smith went away?
Sung here by Vancha March: