Songfacts®:

• As might be deduced from its title, this is a novelty/comedy song. Although Anything Goes is based largely on the music of Cole Porter, this song in 4/4 time from the 1956 film version was written by Sammy Cahn and composed by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is performed by Bing Crosby with a little help from Donald O'Connor.
• The lines:
  
  I was the very first to prophecy
  The month of June would come before July
  I think the year was 1929
  When I insisted all the stocks were fine
  
  May have been written simply to rhyme or equally they may be a cynical commentary on the real predictions of astrologers and other psychic charlatans. >>

  Suggestion credit:
  Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2