YOU'D BE SURPRISED
From the Broadway Show "Ziegfeld Follies Of 1919"
(Irving Berlin)

Eddie Cantor (Broadway Production) - 1919
Billy Murray - 1919
Jack Norworth - 1919
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orch. (Instr.) - 1919 
All-Star Trio (Instr.) - 1920
Irving Kaufman - 1920
Alice Delysia - 1920
Violet Loraine - 1920
Savoy Dance Orch. (Instr.) - 1920
Regal Dance Orch. (Instr.) - 1920
Riley Puckett - 1925
Mae Questel (feat. in the cartoon film "Betty Boop's Big Boss") - 1933
Kay Kyser & His Orch. (vocal: Ish Kabibble) - 1936
Orrin Tucker & His Orch. (vocal: Bonnie Baker) - 1940
Olga San Juan (feat. in the film "Blue Skies") - 1946
The Starlighters - 1949
Johnnie Ray - 1953
Dan Dailey (feat in the film "There's No Business Like Show Business") - 1954
Boris Karloff & Rosemary Clooney (TV transcript) - 1957
Kathy Linden - 1958

Also recorded by:
Dean Martin; Marilyn Monroe; Keith Frank; Sydney Lipton & His Orch.;
Bebi Dol; Laura Ainsworth ......... and others.




As recorded by EDDIE CANTOR:

Johnny was bashful and shy
Nobody understood why 
Mary loved him
All the other girls passed him by
Every one wanted to know
How she could pick such a beau 
With a twinkle in her eye 
She made this reply

He's not so good in a crowd
But when you get him alone 
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance 
But when he's taking you home 
You'd be surprised 
He doesn't look like much of a lover
But you can't judge a book by it's cover 
He's got the face of an Angel but 
There's a devil in his eyes
 
He's such a delicate thing
But when he starts in to squeeze
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong
But when you sit on his knee
You'd be surprised 
At a party or at a ball 
I've got to admit that he's nothing at all 
but in a Morris chair 
You'd be surprised

Mary continued to praise
Johnny's remarkable ways 
To the ladies 
And you know advertising pays 
Now Johnny's never alone 
He has the busiest phone 
Almost every other day 
A new girl will say

He's not so good in the house
But on a bench in the park 
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light
But when he gets in the dark 
You'd be surprised 
I know he looks as slow as the Erie 
But you don't know the half of it, dearie 
He looks as cold as an Eskimo
But there's fire in his eyes
 
He doesn't say very much
But when he starts in to speak 
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start
But at the end of a week 
You'd be surprised 
On a streetcar or in a train 
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxicab, oh boy 
You'd be surprised


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Alternate last verse as recorded by BILLY MURRAY:

He doesn't say very much
But when he starts in to talk
You'd be surprised
He isn't much standing still
But when we're out for a walk 
You'd be surprised
I'll admit he doesn't look smart
He won't impress you right from the start
But in a week or two
You would be surprised


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As recorded by MARILYN MONROE:

He's not so good in a crowd
But when you get him alone
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance
But then when he takes you home
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look like much of a lover
Don't judge a book by it's cover
He's got the face of an angel, but
There's a devil in his eye

He's such a delicate thing
But when he starts in to squeeze
You'd be surprised
He dosn't look very strong
But when you sit on his knee
You'd be surprised
At a party or at a ball
I've got to admit he's nothin' at all
But in a Morris chair
You'd be surprised

(Instrumental Break)

He doesn't look like much of a lover
Don't judge a book by it's cover
'Cause he's got the face of an angel, but
There's a devil in his eye

He doesn't say very much
But when he starts in to speak 
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start
But at the end of the week 
You would be surprised 
On a streetcar or in a train 
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxicab, and when he starts to grab 
I said a taxicab
You'd be surprised
This ones's a real danger!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2018)