Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_a-pretty-girl-is-like-a-melody_ethel-smith-irving-berlin_gbia0019283b
https://archive.org/details/78_soft-lights-and-sweet-music_paul-whitemans-swinging-strings-irving-berlin_gbia0022083Publication Date
1919
Lyrics
I have an ear for music,
And I have an eye for a maid I link a pretty girlie,
With each pretty tune that’s played.
They go together like sunny weather,
Goes with the month of May
I’ve studied girls and music,
So I’m qualified to say:
[Refrain]
A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day
Just like the strain of a hunting refrain,
She’ll start upon a marathon
And run around your brain,
You can’t escape she’s in your memory,
By morning, night and noon
She will leave you and then come back again,
A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune.
Recommended Citation
Berlin, Irving, "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" (1919). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1196.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1196
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Ziegfeld follies of 1919
Words and music by Irving Berlin
New York: Irving Berlin Inc. (1919)
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