Lyrics from Annie Get Your Gun/anything You can do

[Mandj59021]

I need to find the lyrics to the song "Anything You can do, I can do better,"
from Annie Get Your gun. Also copyright information and year of first
performance. Can anyone help?
Mandj...@aol.com

[Erin Wilson]

this is... i think from the MGM flick... it might not be the same
lyrics as the Broadway version(s)

erin

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

Anything You Can Do
SHE: Anything you can do, I can do better.
I can do anything better than you
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can! Yes, I can!!
HE: Anything you can do, I can do better.
Sooner or later, I'm greater than you
SHE: No, you're not
HE: Yes, I am
SHE: No, you're not
HE: Yes, I am
SHE: No, you're not
HE: Yes, I am! Yes, I am!!
I can get a partridge with a single cartridge
SHE: I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow
HE: I can live on bread and cheese
SHE: And only on that?
HE: Yes.
SHE: So can a rat
HE: Any note you can reach, I can go higher
SHE: I can sing any note higher than you
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can! Yes, I can!!
Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
HE: 50¢?
SHE: 40¢?
HE: 30¢?
SHE: 20¢?
HE: No you can't
SHE: Yes I can! Yes I can!
HE: Anything you can say, I can say softer
SHE: I can say anything softer than you
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can! Yes, I can!!
HE: I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
SHE: I can drink it quicker and get even sicker
HE: I can open any safe
SHE: Without getting caught?
HE: Sure
SHE: That's what I thought, you crook
HE: Any note you can hold, I can hold longer
SHE: I can hold any note longer than you
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: No, you caaaaaaaaaaaaaan't
SHE: Yes, I caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
HE: Yes, you can!!
SHE: Anything you can wear, I can wear better
In what you wear, I look better than you
HE: In my coat?
SHE: In your vest
HE: In my shoes?
SHE: In your hat!
HE: No you can't
SHE: Yes I can! Yes I can!
HE: Anything you can say, I can say faster
SHE: I can say anything faster than you
HE: No, you can't
SHE: Yes, I can
HE: Noyoucan't
SHE: YesIcan
HE: NOYOUCANT
SHE: YESICANYESICAN
HE: I can jump a hurdle
SHE: I can wear a girdle
HE: I can knit a sweater
SHE: I can fill it better
HE: I can do most anything
SHE: Can you make a pie?
HE: No
SHE: Neither can I
HE: Any note you can sing, I can sing sweeter
SHE: I can sing anything sweeter than you
HE: No, you cawn't
SHE: Yes, I cawn
HE: No, you cawn't
SHE: Yes, I cawn
HE: No, you cawn't
SHE: Yes, I cawn
HE: No, you cawn't
SHE: Yes, I cawn
HE: No, you can't, can't, can't
SHE: Yes, I can, can, can
HE: No, you caaaaannnnnnnnnn'ttttttt
SHE: Yes, I CANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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according to http://www.anniegetyourgun.com/background.html

THE PREMIERE
The show went into rehearsal in February, 1946

The opening, which was postponed to May 16, was
described as a “smash” by Variety, “a bespangled
carnival” by the New York Times and a “bull’s-eye”
by the New York World Telegram.

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You can find out more about Rodgers and Hammerstein
Licensing (they produced the play) here:
http://www.rnh.com/index1.html

but the current broadway production has a pretty
extensive site at
http://www.anniegetyourgun.com

Erin