IF I HAD A GIRL LIKE YOU
(Billy Rose / Mort Dixon / Ray Henderson)


Aileen Stanley & Billy Murray - 1925
Bailey's Lucky Seven (Instr.) - 1925
Seattle Harmony Kings (Instr.) - 1925
Bennie Krueger's Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Sam Lanin & His Roseland Orch. (Instr.) - 1925






BM: Sweetheart, let's stroll through the park
AS:  Uh-huh. not me, I'm afraid of the dark, you know I'm terribly shy
BM: Yes, and I've been wondering why
AS:  Well, that park stuff don't go for me
BM: I'm harmless, you will see

BM: If I had a girl like you
AS:  I'd like to know just what you would do
BM: I'd go all over telling Tom and Dick and Harry
AS:  Yes?
BM: Meet the little girl I'm going to marry
AS:  I suppose you'd go with a big brass band
BM: No, no, I'd get a gold one for your left hand
I'd let a hundred million people know
AS:  I bet you'd even radio
BM: If I had a girl like you

BM: I'd be so happy and glad
AS:  I guess you'd run a newspaper ad, with a picture of us
BM: That's the idea, we'd be making love on a bus
AS:  Oh gee! My other beaus would exclaim, "Oh my, what a shame"

BM: Ho-ho-ho, if I had a girl like you
AS:  Just keep that up and you'll go cuckoo
BM: I'm that way now, I'll tell each dandelion and daffodil and daisy
AS:  Watch your step or folks'll think you're crazy
BM: I'd fly in a big balloon
AS:  Say, listen Bill, when you come down, just bring me the booze
BM: I sure will, up in a bamboo tree I'd build a hut
AS:  And go right off your coconut
BM: If I had a girl like you

BOTH: If I had a girl/boy like you  AS:  A boy like you
BOTH: I wouldn't care if the whole world knew  AS: If they all knew
BM: I'd go all over telling Tom and Dick and Harry  AS: Shall I tell Harry
BOTH: Meet the girl/boy I'm going to marry
BM: I'd go with a big brass band  AS: A big brass band
BM: And buy a diamond for your left hand  AS: For my hand
BM: I'd let a hundred million people know by telegraph and radio
BOTH: If I had a girl/boy like you 






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2014)