The Capitals of Europe by John Finnemore Lyrics
In Slovakia the capital, of course, is Bratislava
Dublin is in Ireland – or Eire if you’d rather
Lisbon is in Portugal, Madrid’s next door in Spain
Brussels is in Belgium, Kiev’s in The Ukraine.
Sofia’s in Bulgaria
And while you’re in the area
There’s Chisinau, Moldova,
And Athens down in Greece.
Then there’s Bucharest, Romania,
Tirana in Albania
And Sarajevo, Bosnia
Now happily at peace.
The Netherlands has Amsterdam
Malta has Valletta
Oslo’s up in Norway
I suggest you take a sweater
Priština is in Kosovo
Although I am afraid
It’s not recognised in Serbia
So don’t sing this in Belgrade.
San Marino is its own one
Cos it’s just a little fella
Andorra is the same
Except they stick on a “La Vella”
Luxembourg and Monaco are similarly dinky
Hungary has Budapest – Finland has Helsinki
There’s Skopje, Macedonia,
There’s Tallinn in Estonia
Montenegro’s Podgorica
I’ve said that right I hope.
Rome, of course, in Italy
And nestled in it prettily
The Vatican, a city state
In which you’ll find the Pope.
Lithuania has Vilnius
And now I’m sure you’re eager
For the capital of Latvia
So here you go: it’s Riga.
Copenhagen is in Denmark
Minsk’s in Belarus
It was once called Belorussia
But that’s fallen out of use.
Now the capital of Switzerland’s
A tricky one to learn.
Is it Zurich or Geneva?
Well, no, actually it’s Bern.
Warsaw is in Poland
Why not visit it today?
Prague’s the Czech Republic
London’s the UK.
Reykjavík’s in Iceland
Another very nice land
Is Sweden – visit Stockholm
If you ever get the chance.
Vaduz, you’ll find in Liechtenstein
Vienna, home of Wittgenstein,
Is Austria and Paris is
The capital of France.
Berlin is in Germany
Zagreb is in Croatia
We’re going to ignore the ones
That partly lie in Asia.
So no Russia and no Kazakhstan
No Turkey, no Armenia
Just Nicosia in Cyprus
And Ljubljana in Slovenia.
Dublin is in Ireland – or Eire if you’d rather
Lisbon is in Portugal, Madrid’s next door in Spain
Brussels is in Belgium, Kiev’s in The Ukraine.
Sofia’s in Bulgaria
And while you’re in the area
There’s Chisinau, Moldova,
And Athens down in Greece.
Then there’s Bucharest, Romania,
Tirana in Albania
And Sarajevo, Bosnia
Now happily at peace.
The Netherlands has Amsterdam
Malta has Valletta
Oslo’s up in Norway
I suggest you take a sweater
Priština is in Kosovo
Although I am afraid
It’s not recognised in Serbia
So don’t sing this in Belgrade.
San Marino is its own one
Cos it’s just a little fella
Andorra is the same
Except they stick on a “La Vella”
Luxembourg and Monaco are similarly dinky
Hungary has Budapest – Finland has Helsinki
There’s Skopje, Macedonia,
There’s Tallinn in Estonia
Montenegro’s Podgorica
I’ve said that right I hope.
Rome, of course, in Italy
And nestled in it prettily
The Vatican, a city state
In which you’ll find the Pope.
Lithuania has Vilnius
And now I’m sure you’re eager
For the capital of Latvia
So here you go: it’s Riga.
Copenhagen is in Denmark
Minsk’s in Belarus
It was once called Belorussia
But that’s fallen out of use.
Now the capital of Switzerland’s
A tricky one to learn.
Is it Zurich or Geneva?
Well, no, actually it’s Bern.
Warsaw is in Poland
Why not visit it today?
Prague’s the Czech Republic
London’s the UK.
Reykjavík’s in Iceland
Another very nice land
Is Sweden – visit Stockholm
If you ever get the chance.
Vaduz, you’ll find in Liechtenstein
Vienna, home of Wittgenstein,
Is Austria and Paris is
The capital of France.
Berlin is in Germany
Zagreb is in Croatia
We’re going to ignore the ones
That partly lie in Asia.
So no Russia and no Kazakhstan
No Turkey, no Armenia
Just Nicosia in Cyprus
And Ljubljana in Slovenia.