I never traveled further north than old van courtland park   And never further south than the aquarium   I've seen the charm of jersey city, but first let me remark   I saw it from the empire state solarium      But we've been putting nickels in the postal savings bank   And when those nickels pile up, we can toddle off in swank   And I don't mean an ordinary cook's tour   I mean a cabin de-luxe tour      Someday we'll go places   New lands and new faces   The day we quit punching the clock   The future looks pleasant,   But at present   Let's take a walk around the block.      You're just the companion   I want at grand canyon   For throwing old blades down the rock   The money we have`ll go for travel   Meantime, let's walk around the block.      Gangway, we'll begin   When our, ship comes in   I'll sit on your lap   All over the map      To london in may time   To venice in play time   To paris in time for a frock   To boston in bean time   Darling, meantime   Let's take a walk around the block.      (bridge)      In winter at christmas,   We'll visit the isthmus   And see how they lock up a lock   And then in caracas, on a jackass,   We'll take a ride around the block.      We'll keep to our promise,   To visit st. thomas   And then at jamaica we'll dock   The prospect is thrilling,   Still I am willing,   Just now to talk around the block.      Onward, to cathay   Then to mandalay   Boom on to bangkok   P'r'aps vladivostok      We'll send the folks cables   Accumulate labels   Buy souvenirs till we're in hock   But since we are flat in old manhattan   Let's take a walk around the block.