Lyrics Hooray for Captain Spalding - Groucho Marx

Hooray for Captain Spalding

There’s something that I’d like to state
That he’s too modest to relate
The Captain is a moral man
Sometimes he finds it trying
This fact I’ll emphasize with stress:
I never take a drink unless
Somebody’s buying!
The Captain is a very moral man!
If he hears anything obscene
He’ll naturally repel it
I hate a dirty joke I do
Unless it’s told by someone whooo --
Knows how to tell it!
The Captain is a very moral man!
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African Explorer!
Did someone call me Schnorrer?
Hooray hooray hooray!
He went into the jungle
Where all the monkeys THROW nuts
If I stay here I’ll GO nuts
Hooray hooray hooray!
He put all his reliance
In courage and defiance
And risked his life for science!
Hey hey!
He is the only white man
Who covered every acre --
I think I’ll try and make her!
Hooray hooray hooray!
He put all his reliance
In courage and defiance
And risked his life for science
Hey hey!
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer!
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say:
Hooray!
Hooray!
Hooray!
My friends, I am highly gratified at this
Magnificent display of effusion.
And I want you to know —
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer!
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say:
Hooray!
Hooray!
Hooray!
My friends, I am highly gratified at this
Magnificent display of effusion.
And I want you to know —
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African explorer!
He brought his name undying fame
And that is why we say:
Hooray!
Hooray!
Hooray!
My friends, I am highly gratified at this
Magnificent display of effusion.
And I want you to know —
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
The African (mumble)
(spoken): Well, somebody’s gotta do it!