I Can’t Do The Sum - Karen Kemple

I Can't Do the Sum - Karen Kemple
If a steamship weighed ten thousand tons
And sailed five thousand miles
With a cargo load of overshoes
And carving knives and files,
If the Mates were almost six feet high
And the Bo'sun near the same,
Would you subtract or multiply
To find the Captain's name
Oh Oh Oh
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum.
If Harold took sweet Imogene
With him one eve to dine,
And ordered half the bill o' fare
With cataracts of wine,
If the bill o' fare were thirteen ninety-five
And poor Harold had but four,
How many things would Harold strike
Before he struck the floor
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum
If a woman had an English pug,
Ten children, and a cat,
And she tried in seven hours to find
A forty-dollar flat,
With naught but sunny outside rooms
In a neighborhood of tone,
How old would those ten children be
Before they found a home
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum
Put down six and carry two,
Gee, but this is hard to do.
You can think and think and think
Till your brains are numb,
I don't care what teacher says,
I can't do the sum