DO I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL?
From Rodgers & Hammerstein's TV Musical "Cinderella" (1957)
(Music: Richard Rodgers / Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II)
Julie Andrews & Jon Cypher (TV Production) - 1957
Vic Damone - 1957
Bruce Trent & Yana (London Stage Production) - 1957
Mary Martin - 1958
Jack Webb (with Billy May & His Orch.) - 1958
Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren (TV Production) - 1965
Mel Torm? - 1965
Lynne Wintersteller (feat. in the Broadway Revue "A Grand Night For Singing") - 1993
Paolo Montalban and Brandy Norwood (TV Film) - 1997
Lea Salonga & Peter Saide (Asian Tour Production) - 2008
Takahashi Ai & Niigaki Risa (Japanese Stage Production) - 2008
Dana Lauren - 2010
Also recorded by:
Gerald Wilson & His Orch.; Nat King Cole; John Coltrane;
Elizabeth Larner & Dennis Quilley; Ted Gioia; Fred Hersch;
Jason Graae; Faith Marion Robinson.
THE PRINCE:
Do I love you because you're beautiful
Or are you beautiful because I love you
Am I making believe I see in you
A girl too lovely to be really true
Do I want you because you're wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as beautiful as you seem
CINDERELLA:
Am I making believe I see in you
A man too perfect to be really true
Do I want you because you're wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you
BOTH:
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as wonderful as you seem
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As recorded by VIC DAMONE:
(Wonderful.........Beautiful.........You)
Do I love you because you're beautiful
Or are you beautiful because I love you
Am I making believe I see in you
A girl too lovely to be really true
Do I want you because you're wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as beautiful as you seem
(Wonderful.........Beautiful.........You)
Do I want you because you're wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as beautiful as you seem
(Beautiful.........Wonderful.........You)
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2011)
