A popular song from 1938
Words by Al Dubin
Music by Harry Warren
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Must I memorise a book
To be considered wise
When I can look into your eyes
Literature is such a bore
And mathematics too
I’d much prefer to learn about you
Refrain
You’re the only kind of knowledge
They don’t teach at any college
You’re an education in yourself
There are poems and romances
In the glamour of your glances
You’re an education in yourself
Of all the famous dates in hist’ry
I recall but a few
The Fourth of July
And my dates with you
You’ve a kiss that’s scientific
Tho’ it’s tender, it’s terrific
You’re an education in yourself
Refrain
You’re the kind of mental training
I could take without complaining
You’re an education in yourself
Intricate as economics
Simple as the Sunday comics
You’re an education in yourself
And there are geometric figures
In your beautiful curves
They’re good on the eyes
But bad on the nerves
You are my encycloped-yuh
Let me take yuh home and read yuh
You’re an education in yourself