I WANNA GET MARRIED
From the Broadway Show "Follow The girls" (1944)
Phil Charig / Milton Pascal / Dan Shapiro)
 
Gertrude Niesen (Broadway Production) - 1944
Evelyn Dall (London Production) -1945
Louis Prima & His Orch. (vocal: Lily Ann Carol) - 1945
Boyd Raeburn Orch. - 1945
Margaret Harris - 1998
 
 

 
Everything is ready for the wedding
The Choir's been rehearsing for a week
The Minister is standing in the pulpit
But the Groom it seems is playing hide and seek
While here I am standing, waiting starry-eyed
When will I ever get to be a bride

I wanna get married
I wanna get spliced
I long to be knotted and see my friends potted
I wanna be confettied and riced

They say that married life
Is what one makes it
I'm sure I've got what it takes
But no one takes it

I wanna get settled
Crawl into a shell
I wanna start cooing and spend my life doing
The things that mom and pop used to spell

Give me a cottage small
Where the railroad never stops
I wanna sleep in pyjama tops
I wanna get married

I wanna get married
I wanna get spliced
I long to be knotted and see my friends potted
I wanna be confettied and riced

Let others play the field
I'd rather choose one
I want to own a twin set
And only use one

I wanna get settled
I wanna play house
Though men are all no good, they say it feels so good
To have your own particular louse

They say that magic thrill
When they play "Here Comes The Bride"
Works better than sulfanilamide
I wanna get married


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - June 2006)