How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down the Farm
– By Nora Bayes, 1919
How ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm
After they’ve seen Paree?
How ya gonna keep ’em away from Broadway,
Jazzin’ aroun’
And paintin’ the town?
How ya gonna keep ’em away from harm?
That’s a mystery!
They’ll never want to see a rake or plow,
And who the deuce can parlez-vous a cow?
How ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm
After they’ve seen Paree?