you must have beeN a beautiful baby - bobby dariN

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
Music written by: Harry Warren
Lyrics written by: Johnny Mercer
Comments: In the 1938 film "Hard to Get".
First performance: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby by Dick Powell (1938)


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Lyrics:

Oh ... you know, you know, you know, you know ...

You must a been a beautiful baby
You must a been a beautiful child
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten
I bet you drove those other childs wild!

Oh yeah ... oh yeah ... oh yeah ...

An' when it came to winnin' blue ribbons
Well ... I bet you taught the other kids how
Well, I can see the judge's eyes
As they handed you the prize
I bet you took the cutest bow!

Yeah! You must a been a beautiful baby
'cause baby won't you look at you now.

Oh yeah ... oh yeah ... oh yeah ...

You must a have been a beautiful baby
You must a have been a beautiful child
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten
I know you drove the other childs wild.

An' I wasn't even there.

An' when you came to winnin' blue ribbons
Hey ... I know you taught those other kids how
Well, I can see the judge's eyes
As they handed you the prize
I know you made the cutest bow!

Yeah! You must a been a beautiful baby
'cause baby won't you look at you now.

Oh, I mean ... I mean ... oh, beautiful ...
Oh, beautiful ...
Oh, beautiful ...
Oh, beautiful ...
Oh, beautiful ...
Oh, beautiful ...
Aah, I know you're beautiful ... too beautiful for words ...

Singers:

1  Dick Powell 1938 (performance date) 2  Mildred Bailey with Red Norvo 1938 3  Bing Crosby 1938 4  The Hi-Lo's 1956 5  Lee Wiley 1957 6  Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band Featuring Clancy Hayes 1957 7 Bobby Darin (billboard hot 100) July 1961 8  Joey Dee and His Starliters June 1962 9  Vic Damone 1963 10  Bobby Vee 1965 11  Peggy Lee 1967 12  Johnny Guarnieri 1973 13  Eddy Howard and His Orchestra 1978 14  Dick Haymes 1978 15 Medley: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby / It's Only a Paper Moon / Pick Yourself Up The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1980 16  Nancy LaMott 1991 17  Toni Tennille with the Matt Catingub Big Band 1994 18  Dr. John 2006 19  Megan Lynch September 29, 2009
Eddy Arnold
Perry Como

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