From “Ziegfeld Follies of 1920”
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’d like to form a League of Nations
Without any obligations
Composed of girls
And each a beautiful one
‘Twould be a very novel treaty
Represented by a sweetie
From each and every country under the sun
Don’t think I’m asking for your kind applause
But I think a Yankee girl
Should be it’s president because
Chorus
Her eyes are a little bit brighter
Her teeth are a little bit whiter
She’s just a bit more lively
Which makes her more attractive
The rest are not as active
At a party or ball
Her smile is a little bit sweeter
Her style is a little bit neater
And from her toes up to her knees
The ankle gazer sees she’s
Got the leg of Nations
My Girl of the U. S. A.
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: