YOU CAN'T GET A MAN WITH A GUN
From the Broadway Musical "Annie Get Your Gun" (1946)
(Irving Berlin)
Ethel Merman (Broadway Production) - 1946
Dolores Gray (London Stage Production) - 1947
Evie Hayes (Melbourne Stage Production) - 1947
Judy Garland - 1949
Betty Hutton (Film Soundtrack) - 1950
Lily Fayol (Paris Stage Production) - 1950
Dorothy Shay (with Billy May's Orch.) - 1954
Mary Martin (TV production) - 1957
Eydie Gorme - 1959
Towa Carson - 1959 (Swedish title "Man Får Aldrig En Karl Me' Gevär")
Maggie Fitzgibbon - 1961
Doris Day - 1963
Ethel Merman (Broadway Revival) - 1966
Ethel Merman (with Cyril Black & His Orch.) - 1974
Debbie Reynolds (Los Angeles Production) - 1977
Suzi Quatro (London Revival) - 1986
Kim Criswell - 1992
Bernadette Peters (Broadway Revival) - 1999
Reba McEntire (Broadway Revival) - 2001
Marina prior (Australian Revival) - 2004
Jane Horrocks (London Revival) - 2009
As performed by ETHEL MERMAN:
Oh, my mother was frightened by a shotgun, they say
Thats why I'm such a wonderful shot
I'd be out in the cactus and I'd practice all day
But now tell me what have I got
I'm quick on the trigger with targets not much bigger
Than a pinpoint, I'm number one
But my score with a feller is lower than a cellar
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
When I'm with a pistol, I sparkle like a crystal
Yes, I shine like the mornin' sun
But I lose all my lustre when with a bronco buster
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gu-un, with a gu-un
No, you can't get a man with a gun
If I went to battle with someone's herd of cattle
You'd have steak when the job was done
But if I shot the herder, they'd holler bloody muder
And you can't shoot a male in the tale like a quail
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
I'm cool, brave and darin' to see a lion glarin'
When I'm out with my Remington
But a look from a mister would raise a fever blister
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
The gals with umbrellas are always out with fellers
In the rain or the blazin' sun
But a man never trifles with gals who carry rifles
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gu-un, with a gu-un
No, you can't get a man with a gun
A man's love is mighty, he'll even buy a nightie
For a gal who he thinks is fun
But they don't buy pajamas for pistol packin' mamas
And you can't get a hug from a mug with a slug
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
If I shot a rabbit, some furrier would grab it
For a coat that would warm someone
But you can't shoot a lover and use him for a cover
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
If I shot an eagle, although it wasn't legal
He'd be stuffed when the job was done
But you can't stuff a feller and watch him turnin' yeller
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gu-un, with a gu-un
No, you can't get a man with a gun
A Tom, Dick or Harry will build a house for Carrie
When the preacher has made them one
But he can't build you houses with buckshot in his trousers
For a man may be hot, but he's not when he's shot
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
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As performed by BETTY HUTTON:
Oh, my mother was frightened by a shotgun, they say
That's why I'm such a wonderful shot
I'd be out in the cactus and I'd practice all day
But now tell me what have I got
I'm quick on the trigger with targets not much bigger
Than a pinpoint, I'm number one
But my score with a feller is lower than a cellar
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
When I'm with a pistol, I sparkle like a crystal
Yes, I shine like the mornin' sun
But I lose all my lustre when with a bronco buster
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gu-un, with a gu-un
No, you can't get a man with a gun
If I went to battle with someone's herd of cattle
You'd have steak when the job was done
But if I shot the herder, they'd lock me up for murder
'Cause you can't shot a male in the tale like a quail
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
If I shot a rabbit, some furrier would grab it
For a coat that would warm someone
But you can't shoot a lover and use him for a cover
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
The gals with umbrellas are always out with fellers
In the rain or the blazin' sun
But a man never trifles with gals who carry rifles
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gu-un, with a gu-un
No, you can't get a man with a gun
A Tom, Dick or Harry will build a house for Carrie
When the preacher has made them one
But he can't build you houses with buckshot in his trousers
'Cause a man may be hot, but he's not when he's shot
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2015)
