From the musical “Mary”, 1920
Words by Otto Harbach
Music by Louis A. Hirsch
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- I’m not a girl that you’d call stately
I’m not the kind that walks sedately
I’m not the haughty kind, nor yet the naughty kind
Who with some fellow’s heart is always playing
I’m not a girl that you’d call queenly
Who floats her way through life serenely
I’m not a smarty girl, I’m just a hearty girl
Who always has a lot of fellows saying
Refrain
Mary I simply ought to marry
What shall I do?
Mary I’ve simply got to marry someone like you
She must be tender and true
And just as slender as you
She must be truthful all through
And just as youthful as you
But then of course I know there’s nary
Another girl who has your manner and poise
Nary another girl who has your way with the boys
There’s none whose style is so neat
Whose loving smile is so sweet
Who ever knew such eyes of heavenly blue
So darling Mary I’ve simply got to marry you
- I’m not the kind called intellectual
Whose reasoning powers are so affectual
Nor yet the sprightly kind, the very flighty kind
Who keeps some doting fellow always guessing
And yet you’d never call me gloomy
My heart is big and warm and roomy
With lots of latitude and full of gratitude
When ere I hear a loving chap confessing