Mountain Greenery

Mountain Greenery

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

On the first of May it is moving day;

Spring is here, so blow your job--throw your job away;

Now's the time to trust to your wanderlust.

In the city's dust you wait.

Must you wait?

Just you wait:

In a mountain greenery where God paints the scenery--

Just two crazy people together;

While you love your lover, let blue skies be your coverlet--

When it rains we'll laugh at the weather.

And if you're good I'll search for wood, so you can cook while I stand looking.

Beans could get no keener reception in a beanery.

Bless our mountain greenery home!

Simple cooking means more than French cuisines;

I've a banquet planned which is sandwiches and beans.

Coffee's just as grand with a little sand.

Eat and you'll grow fatter, boy.

S'matter, boy?

'Atta boy!

In a mountain greenery where God paints the scenery--

Just two crazy people togerther;

How we love sequestering where no pests are pestering--

No dear mama holds us in tether!

Mosquitoes here won't bite you, dear;

I'll let them sting me on the finger.

We could find no cleaner retreat from life's machinery

Than our mountain greenery home!

In a mountain greenery where God paints the scenery--

Just two crazy people together.

While you rest, my mama, let papa fry an omelette!

Every bun is light as a feather.

It's quite all right to sing at night;

I'll sit and play my ukelele.

You can bet your life its tone beats a Jascha Heifetz tone.

less our mountain greenery home.

In a mountain greenery where God paints the scenery--

With the world we haven't a quarrel.

Here a girl can map her own life without a chaperone.

It's so good it must be immoral.

It's not amiss to sit and kiss;

For me and you there are no blue laws.

Life is more delectable when it's disrespectable.

Bless our mountain greenery home...