ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
From the show "Annie Get Your Gun" (1946)
(Irving Berlin)

Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton - 1946
Betty Hutton & Howard Keel - 1950
Mary Martin & John Raitt - 1957
Doris Day & Robert Goulet - 1963
Ethel Merman & Bruce Yarnell - 1966
Ethel Merman & Neilson Taylor - 1973
Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat - 1999



Annie: 
Anything you can do, I can do better.
I can do anything better than you.

Frank: No you can't. 
Annie: Yes, I can.
Frank: No, you can't.
Annie: Yes, I can. 
Frank: No, you can't.
Annie: Yes, I can, Yes, I can!

Frank: 
Anything you can be, I can be greater.
Sooner or later I'm greater than you.

Annie: No, you're not. 
Frank: Yes, I am.
Annie: No, you're not. 
Frank: Yes, I am.
Annie: No, you're not!.
Frank: Yes, I am, Yes, I am!

Frank: I can shoot a partridge, with a single cartridge.
Annie: I can get a sparrow, with a bow and arrow.
Frank: I can live on bread and cheese.
Annie: And only on that?
Frank: Yes.
Annie: So can a rat!

Frank: Any note you can reach, I can go higher.
Annie: I can sing anything higher than you.
Frank: No, you can't. (High)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Higher) 
Frank: No, you can't. (Higher)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Higher)
Frank: No, you can't. (Higher)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Higher) 
Frank: No, you can't. (Higher)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Higher)
Frank: No, you can't. (Higher)
Annie: Yes, I CAN! (Highest)

Annie:
Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper.
I can buy anything cheaper than you.

Frank: Fifty cents?
Annie: Forty cents! 
Frank: Thirty cents?
Annie: Twenty cents! 
Frank: No, you can't!
Annie: Yes, I can,
Frank: Yes, I can!

Frank: Anything you can say, I can say softer.
Annie: I can say anything softer than you.
Frank: No, you can't. (Softly)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Softer)
Frank: No, you can't. (Softer)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Softer)
Frank: No, you can't. (Softer)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Softer)
Frank: YES, I CAN! (Full volume)

Frank: I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker.
Annie: I can drink it quicker and get even sicker!
Frank: I can open any safe.
Annie: Without bein' caught?
Frank: Yes.
Annie: That's what I thought.....you crook!

Frank: Any note you can hold, I can hold longer.
Annie: I can hold any note longer than you.
Frank: No, you can't.
Annie: Yes, I can 
Frank: No, you can't.
Annie: Yes, I can 
Frank: No, you can't.
Annie: Yes, I can....Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I CA-A-A-A-N! 
Frank: Yes, you ca-a-a-an!

Annie: 
Anything you can wear, I can wear better.
In what you wear I'd look better than you.

Frank: In my coat?
Annie: In your vest!
Frank: In my shoes?
Annie: In your hat!
Frank: No, you can't!
Annie: Yes, I can....Yes, I CAN!

Frank: Anything you can say, I can say faster.
Annie: I can say anything faster than you.
Frank: No, you can't. (Fast)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Faster)
Frank: No, you can't. (Faster)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Faster)
Frank: No,you can't. (Faster)
Annie: YesIcan! (Fastest)

Frank: I can jump a hurdle.
Annie: I can wear a girdle.
Frank: I can knit a sweater.
Annie: I can fill it better!
Frank: I can do most anything!
Annie: Can you bake a pie?
Frank: No.
Annie: Neither can I.

Frank: Anything you can sing, I can sing sweeter.
Annie: I can sing anything sweeter than you.
Frank: No, you can't. (Sweetly)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
Frank: No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
Frank: No, you can't. (Sweeter)
Annie: Yes, I can. (Sweeter)
Frank: No, you can't, can't, can't (sweeter)
Annie: Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary)

Annie: Yes, I can!
Frank: No, you can't!


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As performed by Dean Martin & Enzio Pinza
(TV Show transcription):



Dean: I'm superior.
Enzio: You're inferior. I'm the big attraction you're the small.
Dean: I'm the major one you're the minor one.
Both: I can beat you singing, that's not a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ll.

Enzio: Anything you can do, I can do better.
I can do anything better than you.
Dean: No, you can't.
Enzio: Yes, I can.
Dean: No, you can't.
Enzio: Yes, I can.
Dean: No, you can't.
Enzio: Yes, I can, yes I c-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-n!
Are we running over?
Dean: You're cheating.

Dean: Well anything you can be, I can be greater. (Enzio: I don't
think so.)
Sooner or later I'm greater than you.
Enzio: No, you're not.
Dean: Yes, I am.
Enzio: Nah, you're not.
Dean: Yes, I am.
Enzio: No, you're not.
Dean: Yes, I am, yes, I a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-m!

Enzio: I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge.
Dean: I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow.
Enzio: I can live on bread and cheese.
Dean: And only that?
Enzio: Yes.
Dean: So can a rat!

Enzio: Anything you can sing, I can sing louder.
I can sing anything louder than you.
Dean: No, you can't.
Enzio: Yes, I can.
Dean: No, you can't.
Enzio: Yes, I can.
Dean: No, you can't.
Enzio: Yes, I can, yes, I c-a-a-a-a-a-a-a--a-n, Enzio.

Dean: Well, any note you can hold, I can hold longer.
I can hold any note longer than you.
Enzio: No, you c-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-n't. (Dean: Keep going)
Dean: Yes, I c-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a--a-n.
Enzio: No, you can't.
Dean: Yes, I can!
Enzio: Can't!
Dean: Can!
Both: Yes, I can, yes, I can, yes, I can.



(Contributed/Transcribed by Ferda Dolunay - September 2005)


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