[Chorus] Come Mister tally man, tally all us people (Census time and we at your home) Come Mister tally man, tally all us people (Census time and we at your home) [Verse 1] E. F. Hartley, he’s the man so great (Count the people, count them all) Census expert for the United States (Count the people, count them all) With IBM, he charts the land (Count the people, count them all) Counting folks with a steady hand (Count the people, count them all) [Chorus] Come Mister tally man, tally all us people (Census time and we at your home) Come Mister tally man, tally all us people (Census time and we at your home) [Verse 2] Punch the cards in the machine so fast (Count the people, count them all) Census numbers, they’re built to last (Count the people, count them all) From town to town, he knows the score (Count the people, count them all) IBM counts them more and more (Count the people, count them all) [Chorus] Come Mister tally man, tally all us people (Census time and we at your home) Come Mister tally man, tally all us people (Census time and we at your home)
