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Thread #60376   Message #1189246
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-May-04 - 12:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Green Little Islands - geography song
Subject: ADD: I Love Geography
I've been looking for this song for a friend of mine for years, and finally I found it. I thought I had posted it here, but I can't find it. I'm looking for a printed source of the song to verify the lyrics - and for a tune, if possible.
-Joe Offer-

from http://user.icx.net/~richmond/rsr/mtjs/appreciation.html

I LOVE GEOGRAPHY
(Wilson??)

Maine is an island in Asia, France is a river in Spain,
Coconuts grow on a mountain of snow,
Deserts are covered with rain;
China is bordered by Norway, Texas is south of Peru,
Persia's a sea, and Vermont is a tree,
I adore knowledge, don't you?

I love ge-og-ra-phy, og-ra-phy, og-ra-phy
I love ge-og-ra-phy, with rapture the pages I turn.
I love ge-og-ra-phy, og-ra-phy, og-ra-phy
I love ge-og-ra-phy, because it's so easy to learn.

Crocodiles come from Chicago, rivers flow backward up-hill
Grass is quite rare, the equator is square,
Utah is east of Brazil.
Kansas is full of volcanoes, Switzerland's right on the coast.
Knowledge, you see, simply fascinates me,
I love ge-og-ra-phy most.