PIGTAILS & FRECKLES

from 1962 New York musical "Mr President"
Irving Berlin

as recorded by Perry Como
with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
October 1st 1962 New York


Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth,
Who would have thought you would turn out so beautiful?
Awkward and bashful, scared right from the start,
Who would have thought you would turn out so smart

Changes, many changes, since I first looked at you,
Funny, very funny, what a few years can do!
Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth,
Who would have thought they'd become so sublime?
I would have thought, for I thought so all the time!

Who would have thought you would turn out so beautiful?

Who would have thought you would turn out so smart

Changes, many changes, since I first looked at you,
Funny, very funny, what a few years can do!
Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth,
Who would have thought they'd become so sublime?
I would have thought, for I thought so all the time!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2017)