Go West Young Man!
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Lyrics

Mr Horace Greeley was no fool
I'm sure that you agree with me that Greeley was no fool

Boy The wisdom of the man can be denied by none
What he is getting at is that Mr Greeley was no fool

Before you go to Buffalo to Baltimore or Borneo
Before you start traveling to different cities and countries like Buffalo, Baltimore or Borneo

To Eastern Pennsylvania or Japan
Or even places like Eastern Pennsylvania or Japan

Go west! Young man
You should head west instead

If you go to that land, sonny
If you travel to the western region

You will have a lot of money
You can earn a lot of money there

If you bring the money with you when you come
As long as you remember to bring it with you when you return home

To the lone prairie, yippi-yi, yippi-yi
To the wide, open spaces of the prairie

Before you read a travel ad
Before you start reading advertisements for travel

And scamper off to Trinidad
And impulsively head to places like Trinidad

Too often in New York and Yucatan
Places like New York and Yucatan are popular destinations, but maybe too often visited

In the East they live on doughnuts
People in the eastern region eat a lot of doughnuts

In the West the natives grow up
People in the western region grow up differently

And I guarantee you go nuts if you come
And you will go crazy if you visit

To the lone prairie, yippi-yay, yippi-yay
To the wide, open spaces of the prairie

A cowboy's gal is a real true pal
A cowboy's girlfriend is a true friend

She will stick to him right or wrong
She will stand by him through thick and thin

And she don't say nothing
And she doesn't complain

And she don't do nothing
And she doesn't do anything without her cowboy

And she don't know nothing
And she doesn't know anything except how to keep rolling along

And she don't want nothing but a horse
And all she wants is a horse to ride with her cowboy

And a cowboy, for she's just keeps rolling along
Because with a cowboy she is happy to keep moving forward

Go where the airport's tearing the chest, young man
Head for the west where the airport terminals are expanding

You can ride a bucking bronco or a pony
You can ride a rodeo animal like a bronco or a pony there

You can cut a calf in half and make baloney
You can work and make money in various ways, like butchering a calf for meat

Go right up there and give 'em the very best you can
Go and give it your all

Don't go east, don't go south, don't go north, have a care
Avoid going in any direction other than the west, and be careful

Don't go up, don't go down, don't go here, don't go there
Be cautious and avoid going to places unknown to you

If it's true what they say about Dixie
If what they say about Dixie is true

Go out and till the soil there
Then go out and work the fields

Dig for gold and you'll find oil there
You can even discover oil while searching for gold

Where the crow flies, where the snow flies, go, there's no "no"!
Whatever the situation or weather, keep moving forward with no excuses

If you are fond of hunting there's no place that can compare
If you love to hunt, there's no better place to do it than out west

You may not bag a lion or a tiger or a bear
You might not encounter those particular big animals

But if you want a jack-ass there are plenty of them there
But you might find plenty of donkeys instead

The judges there are very fair, they always are of course!
The judges in the west are known for being very fair

A cowboy and his Mrs went to court for a divorce
There was once a cowboy and his wife who went to court for a divorce

The cowboy got the children and the Mrs got the horse
The outcome of the case was that the cowboy got the children and the wife got the horse

All Go west! Young man
It all comes back to the main message of the song - go west, young man

Yi-hi!
An exclamation to conclude the song