"Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better"

sung by Ethel Merman from Annie Get Your Gun A wild west musical from 1946 (USA). Annie enters a contest and falls in love with Frank- who is also in the contest. They join The Wilde West Show and tour Europe and have lots of drama before they confess their love for each other and get married in the end.

Buffalo Bill: And now little lady step up to the parapet and Ill give you a lesson in marksmanship. Annie Oakley: You couldnt give me a lesson in long distance spittin! Anything you can do I can do better I can do anything better than you No, you cant. Yes, I can. 5 No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can. Yes, I can. Anything you can be I can be greater. Sooner or later Im greater than you. 10 No, youre not. Yes, I am. No, youre not. Yes, I am. No, youre not. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge

35 No, you cant. Yes, I can. Yes, I can.

I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker I can do it quicker and get even sicker I can open any safe 40 Without being caught? - Sure Thats what I thought. You crook! Any note you can hold I can hold longer I can hold any note longer than you 45 No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can. Yes, I can. - Yes, you can.

50 Anything you can wear I can wear better

In what you wear Id look better than you In my coat? In your vest. In my shoes? In your hat. No, you cant. 55 Yes, I can. Yes, I can. Anything you can say I can say faster I can say anything faster than you. No, you cant. Yes, I can. 60 No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I can jump a hurdle, I can wear a girdle I can knit a sweater, I can fill it better 65 I can do most anything (most = almost) Can you bake a pie? No. Neither can I. Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter

15 I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow

I can live on bread and cheese And only on that? -yesSo can a rat.

20 Any note you can reach, I can go higher

I can sing anything higher than you No you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can.

25 Anything you can buy I can buy cheaper

I can buy anything cheaper than you 50 cents - 40 cents 30 cents - 20 cents No, you cant. Yes, I can. Yes, I can.

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Anything you can say I can say softer I can say anything softer than you. No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can.

70 I can sing anything sweeter than you.

No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can.

Vocabulary
a parapet = a low wall or railing on a platform marksmanship = the skill of shooting spittin (spitting)= v. to push saliva out of your mouth a partridge = a type of bird a single cartridge = one bullet (from a gun) a sparrow = a type of small bird a bow and arrow = a weapon to shoot something a note = in music, a sound cheaper= for less money liquor = alcohol (rum or whiskey in this case) a flicker = a type of bird or a fast movement a safe = an iron box with a lock to keep money safe a crook = a dishonest person, a thief, robber jump a hurdle = jump over something like a wall a girdle =women used to wear this to make a flat stomach knit a sweater = make a sweater