From the 1940 musical “Pal Joey”
Words by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
I never learned to spell, at least not well
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
I never learned to count a great amount
But my busy mind is burning
To use what learning I’ve got
I won’t waste any time
I’ll strike while the iron is hot
Refrain:
If they asked me, I could write a book
About the way you walk and whisper and look
I could write a preface on how we met
So the world would never forget
And the simple secret of the plot
Is just to tell them that I love you a lot
Then the world discovers, as my book ends
How to make two lovers of friends