From the film “The Belle of New York”, 1951.
Words by Johnny Mercer.
Music by Harry Warren.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
As a mousey little hen
I will, nine times out of ten
Being proper come a cropper
When I operate with men
As a maiden most demure
I’m becoming, I am sure
More discerning, full of learning
With a yearning for l’amour
Chorus
Wanna be naughty, naughty but nice
See if I’m made of sugar and spice
To all convention I call out “Gang-way”
I confess that I wanna care less than Eva Tanguay
Gladly I’d chance the stares of a few
If I could dance the Bunny Hug, too
Suppose a stranger should arrange a tete-a-tete
While he becomes pleasant across a hot pheasant
I’ll put the whole thing on ice
That’s if I’m naughty, not very naughty
Just sort o’ naughty but nice