Take Me Along - Volunteer Firemen's Picnic Lyrics

1959 Broadway
Take Me Along the Musical - Volunteer Firemen's Picnic Lyrics

Music and lyrics by Bob Merrill.

It's a grand American custom dating back to who-knows-when,
And it gives a man a chance to know his fellow men,
And it lets a guy of fifty carry on like he was ten,

With some Elks and some Mooses,
Some Eagles and some Gooses,
And some ladies with a liberal point of view!

Now it's wholesome and it's moral,
Just a bit of harmless fun,
And there's no one who can quarrel
With the good work that we've done,
Our donations send an orphan for a summer in the sun!

By some Elks and some Mooses,
Some Eagles and some Gooses,
And some ladies with a liberal point of view!

You can shake em if you promise not to break em,
After all they're they're the only pair I've got,
My daddy was a Mississippi gambler, until he got shot.

So you can shake em if you promise not to break em,
After all they're the only pair I've got!

Now we boys have been most generous, forgive us if we brag,
But some mission out in China's gonna get a Christian flag,
And some naked Zulu lady will receive a beaded bag,

From some Elks and some Mooses,
Some Eagles and some Gooses
And some ladies with a lib-er-al point of view!