If I Had A Girl Like You
by Patricia Simko
April 2002©
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IF I HAD
A GIRL LIKE YOU - 1920's
(words and music Louis W. McDermott)
Fox Trot Song
If I wasn't me but a different sort of chap, what a Romeo I'd be.
I'd be able to see, it's an awful handicap when a guy’s as shy as
me.
What happiness might come my way, if I could just speak up and say
I'll bet I could work wonders, seems too good to be true,
I could be A. B. Marvel if I had a girl like you.
Single handed I'd rescue ship and captain and crew,
I'd be number one hero if I had a girl like you
I’d spend my leisure finding hidden treasure,
No-one could measure the things that I do
In the stormiest weather I could eat a pied stew,
I'd become a real sailor if I had a girl like you
I could do without moonlight and give the stars a rest too,
I'd be warm in a snowstorm if I had a girl like you.
All the radio programmes would be strictly taboo,
They could keep their old brainstrust if I had a girl like you.
I'd never long for meals they ring a gong for,
The shows they throng for I never would view, I'm telling you
I'd have pennies from heaven, I could live in a shoe,
They could take my clothes coupons if I had a girl like you.
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The song
appears in the movies by Columbia Pictures
SOUTH AMERICAN GEORGE Rel 03/05/1943
Rudy Vallee