Anything You Can Do
by Ethel Mermanon Annie Get Your Gun (Original 1946 Broadway Cast Recording) [2000 Remaster][FRANK, spoken]
And now little lady, if you'll kindly step up to the parapet
I'll give you a lesson in marksmanship.
[ANNIE, spoken]
You couldn't give me a lesson in long distance spittin'.
(sung)
Anything you can do, I can do better
I can do anything better than you
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
Anything you can be, I can be greater
Sooner or later, I'm greater than you
[ANNIE]
No, you're not
[FRANK]
Yes, I am
[ANNIE]
No, you're not
[FRANK]
Yes, I am
[ANNIE]
No, you're not
[FRANK]
Yes, I am
Yes, I am
I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge
[ANNIE]
I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow
[FRANK]
I can live on bread and cheese
[ANNIE]
And only on that?
[FRANK]
Yes
[ANNIE]
So can a rat
[FRANK]
Any note you can reach, I can go higher
[ANNIE]
I can sing anything higher than you
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[ANNIE]
Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
[FRANK]
Fifty cents
[ANNIE]
Forty cents
[FRANK]
Thirty cents
[ANNIE]
Twenty cents
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
Anything you can say, I can say softer
[ANNIE]
I can say anything softer than you
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
[ANNIE]
I can do it quicker and get even sicker
[FRANK]
I can open any safe
[ANNIE]
Without being caught?
[FRANK]
Sure
[ANNIE]
That's what I thought, you crook
[FRANK]
Any note you can hold, I can hold longer
[ANNIE]
I can hold any note longer than you
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK, ANNIE]
No, you can't (Yes, I)
[ANNIE]
Can
[FRANK]
Yes, you can
[ANNIE]
Anything you can wear, I can wear better
In what you wear, I'd look better than you
[FRANK]
In my coat?
[ANNIE]
In your vest
[FRANK]
In my shoes?
[ANNIE]
In your hat
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
Anything you can say, I can say faster
[ANNIE]
I can say anything faster than you
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK, ANNIE]
No, you can't, no, you can't, no, you can't, no, you can't (Yes, I, I, I, yes, I can)
[FRANK]
I can jump a hurdle
[ANNIE]
I can wear a girdle
[FRANK]
I can knit a sweater
[ANNIE]
I can fill it better
[FRANK]
I can do most anything
[ANNIE]
Can you bake a pie?
[FRANK]
No
[ANNIE]
Neither can I
[FRANK]
Anything you can sing, I can sing sweeter
[ANNIE]
I can sing anything sweeter than you
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Oh, yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can
[FRANK]
No, you can't, can't, can't
[ANNIE]
Yes, I can, can, can, can
[FRANK, ANNIE]
No, you can't (Yes, I can)