From The Passing Show of 1916
Words by Harold Atteridge
Music by Sigmund Romberg and George Gershwin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Every girl is made, more or less
By her knowledge of how to dress
It’s just a question of what she will put on
It all depends on the clothes that she may don
You can tell by the fashion books
They way to fix a girlie’s looks
For when in fashion, you must know the tricks
And just like a chef you mix
Refrain
You take a pretty shoe
With a style that’s new
Then you must mix it up with a hat
Then the lingerie comes in after that
And then to make the concoction seem pat
You add some silly stockings
Then you add a pretty dress
Don’t use the dress, though, to excess
And then you stir them round
And behold what’s found
You will find that you have made a pretty girl
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: