A 1919 popular song
words by Jack Yellen
Music by Gus Van and Joe Schenck
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Next door to me there lives a girl named Marie
That all the boys are crazy for
Tho’ there are girls who are sweeter than she
She’s the one they all adore
It’s not her looks that make her such a hit
She has a certain charm and this is it
Chorus
Oh how she can sing
Oh how she can sing
She’s wonderful at Opera or anything like that
She doesn’t like the key of “G”
But when she’s in “A” flat
Oh how she can sing almost anything
I called on her one night
We tried to harmonize
The little devil started in to roll her eyes
I lost my voice an’ everything
But oh how she can sing
- Her great renown is spreading all over town
And it’s a very funny sight
To see the boys all come flocking around
To her house most every night
And on the corners when she passes by
The fellows start to roll their eyes and sigh
Chorus
Oh how she can sing
Oh how she can sing
She isn’t much on learning
And she doesn’t care for books
I never heard of anybody asking how she cooks
But oh how she can sing almost anything
In looks she’s not as beautiful as she might be
But every time that she begins to “do re” me
Then I forget ‘most everything
But oh how she can sing
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: