Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
Performer
Ray Middleton
Ray Middleton
Performer
Jay Blackton
Jay Blackton
Conductor
Joshua Logan
Joshua Logan
Music Director
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
Songwriter

Lyrics

And now little lady, if you'll kindly step up to the parapet I'll give you a lesson in marksmanship You couldn't give me a lesson in long distance spittin' Anything you can do, I can do better I can do any thing better than you No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can, yes I can Anything you can be I can be greater Sooner or later, I'm greater than you No, you're not, yes I am No, you're not, yes I am No, you're not, yes I am, yes I am I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow I can live on bread and cheese And only on that? Yes, so can a rat Any note you can reach, I can go higher I can sing anything higher than you No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper I can buy anything cheaper than you Fifty cents, forty cents Thirty cents, twenty cents No, you can't, yes, I can, yes I can Anything you can say I can say softer I can say anything softer than you No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can, yes, I can I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker I can do it quicker and get even sicker I can open any safe Without bein' caught? Sure That's what I thought, you crook Any note you can hold I can hold longer I can hold any note longer than you No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can Yes, you can Anything you can wear I can wear better In what you wear I'd look better than you In my coat? In your vest In my shoes? In your hat No, you can't, yes, I can, yes, I can Anything you say I can say faster I can say anything faster than you No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can I can jump a hurdle, I can wear a girdle I can knit a sweater, I can fill it better I can do most anything, Can you bake a pie? No Neither can I Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter I can sing anything sweeter than you No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, oh yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, yes, I can No, you can't, can't, can't Yes, I can, can, can Yes, I can No, you can't
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