From the musical “Annie Get Your Gun”, 1946
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’m superior, you’re inferior
I’m the big attraction, you’re the small
I’m the major one, you’re the minor one
I can beat you shootin’, that’s not all
Chorus
Anything you can do, I can do better
I can do any thing better than you
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can.
Anything you can be I can be greater
Sooner or later, I’m greater than you
No, you’re not. Yes I am.
No you’re not. Yes I am.
No you’re not. Yes I am, yes I am.
I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge
I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow
I can do most anything.
Can you bake a pie?
No. Neither can I.
Anything you can sing I can sing louder
I can sing anything louder than you
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can.
Chorus
Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
Fifty cents. Forty cents.
Thirty cents. Twenty cents.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can.
Anything you can dig, I can dig deeper
I can dig anything deeper than you
Thirty feet. Forty feet.
Fifty feet. Sixty feet.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can.
I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
I can do it quicker and get even sicker
I can live on bread and cheese.
And only on that? Yes.
So can a rat.
Any note you can reach, I can go higher
I can sing anything higher than you
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can.
Chorus
Anyone you can lick, I can lick faster
I can lick anyone faster than you
With your fist? With my feet.
With your feet? With an axe.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can.
Any school where you went, I could be master
I could be master much faster than you
Can you spell. No I can’t.
Can you add. No I can’t.
Can you teach. Yes I can, yes I can.
I could be a racer, quite a steeple chaser
I can jump a hurdle even with my girdle
I can open any safe.
With out being caught? Yes.
That’s what I thought.
Any note you can hold I can hold longer
I can hold any note longer than you
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can.
No you can’t. Yes I can, yes I can