From the revival production of “Show Boat” in 1946.
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd.
Music by Jerome Kern (his last song).
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I was a shy demure type
Inhibited, insecure type of girl
A pearl of no great price was I
Till a certain cutie called me “Sweetie pie”
Now I’m smug and snooty
And my nose is high
Burthen
I want to be no one but me
I am in love with a lover
Who likes me the way I am
I have my faults, he likes my faults
I’m not very bright, he’s not very bright
He thinks I’m grand, that’s grand for me
He may be wrong, but if we get along
What do we care, say we
When he holds me close, close as we can be
I tell the lad that I’m grateful and I’m glad
I’m nobody else but me
- Once I was meek and fearful
Unconfident and uncheerful, afraid
I stayed within my little shell
Till a certain party told me I was swell
Now I’m hail and hearty
I have rung the bell
Burthen
I want to be no one but me
I am in love with a lady
Who likes me the way I am
I have my faults, she likes my faults
I’m not very bright, she’s not very bright
She thinks I’m grand, that’s grand for me
She may be wrong, but if we get along
What do we care, say we
Walking on the shore, swimming in the sea
When I am with her
I’m glad the boy who’s with her
Is nobody else but me