From the musical “Watch Your Step”, 1914
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I couldn’t love you if I tried for years
I never asked you to
I think that you’re the cause of all my fears
I think the same of you
There’s quite a lot I despise about you
I’m very sorry that we met
I’d get along very well without you
You’d be very easy to forget
Refrain:
I hate the very ground you walk upon
I hate your great big eyes of blue
I hate the very phone you talk upon
I don’t give a rap for you
I hope you never do
I hate the color of your curley hair
I hate the clothes you wear all through
Then besides I must hate someone
And it might as well be you
- You’re not the girl I’d want to be my wife
I’d never marry you
You don’t mean anything in my young life
I never wanted you
I hate your dress just because you wear it
I hate the place where you reside
Don’t ever fret, you will never share it
Rest assured I’ll never walk inside