FRESH AS A DAISY
From the Broadway Musical "Panama Hattie" (1940)
(Cole Porter)
Betty Hutton, Pat Harrington & Frank Hyers (Broadway Production) - 1940
Glenn Miller & His Orch. (vocals: Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & Jack Lathrop) - 1940
Virginia O'Brien (Film Production) - 1942
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orch. (vocal: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) - 1972
INTRODUCTORY VERSE:
I was a sunken soufflé
A shirt still looking for starch
I was a ballroom after the ball
I was a fallen arch
I was a frozen asset
A burlesque without a tease
Then suddenly from over the sea came
Well, just look at me, please.....
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As recorded by Glenn Miller & his Orch. with vocals by Marion
Hutton, Tex Beneke & Jack Lathrop, released December 1940:
[mh]
I'm fresh as a daisy, hard as a rock,
Fit as a fiddle, proud as a cock,
Bright as a button, sly as a fox,
Shy as a violet and strong as an ox,
Light as a feather, blind as a bat,
Mad as a hatter and nervous as a cat,
Sweet as a cookie, pure as a dove,
That means, mister, I'm in love!
[jl]
I'm fresh as a daisy, tough as a stake,
Mean as a miser, low as a snake,
Scared as a rabbit, small as a mite,
Gay as a meadowlark, high as a kite,
Wild as a tiger, drunk as a fool,
Sour as a lemon and stubborn as a mule,
Sharp as a razor, smooth as a glove,
That means, mister, I'm in love!
[tb]
I'm fresh as a daisy, quick as a flash,
Slow as a tortoise, mixed as a hash,
Fierce as a lion, meek as a lamb,
Hot as as poker and cold as a clam,
Dead as a doornail, dumb as a doll,
Spry as a kitten and frisky as a colt,
Good as an angel in heaven above
That means, partner, I'm in love!
[mh]
I'm fresh as a daisy, red as a beet,
[jl]
Green as a golf course, white as a sheet,
[tb]
Raw as an oyster, swung as a gate,
[mh]
Mild as a cigarette, it sure tastes great!
[jl]
Foggy as London, rough as a bus,
[tb]
Solid as a stone wall and ornery as a cuss,
[mh]
Blue as the sky in the heaven up above,
That means, mister,
[jl]
That's all, brother,
[tb]
That's right, partner,
[all]
We're in love!
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2014)
