WHY AM I SO ROMANTIC?
From the film "Animal Crackers" (1930)
(Music: Harry Ruby / Lyrics: Bert Kalmar)


Lillian Roth & Hal Thompson (Film Soundtrack) - 1930 
Sam Lanin & His Famous Players (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1930
Van Phillips & His Band - 1930
The Clevelanders (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1930


LILLIAN ROTH:
All the boys I've known
Used to say I was made of stone
I would always leave them alone
In despair

I've been on the pan
I've been called an electric fan
Told I'm even much colder than
Frigidaire

I began to wonder if I was all wrong
I thought so till you came along

Tell me, dear, why am I so romantic
When you're near, why am I so romantic
What a grand feeling 
When your lips meet mine
That certain something comes stealing
Up and down my spine

I don't know what it is you do to me
You don't know half of the good you do me
Other boys bore me, they just leave me blue
But why am I so romantic with you

HAL THOMPSON:
Tell me, dear, why am I so romantic
When you're near, why am I so romantic
What a grand feeling 
When your lips touch mine
That certain something comes stealing
Up and down my spine

ROTH:
When we dance, both of your arms enfold me
I forget all that my Mother told me
THOMPSON:
Other girls bore me, they just leave me blue
BOTH:
But why am I so romantic with you







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)