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Subject: Animal Crackers
Author: Vicki Jones	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: Sun, Jul. 07 2002, 06:54 pm Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics to "Why Am I So Romantic" from Animal Crackers. I can't get the tune out of my mind, but I don't know the words. [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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Re: Animal Crackers

Author:
Jay
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Date Posted: Tue, Jul. 09 2002, 04:42 pm

Hi,

There's a site with all the sheet music of Marx Bros. tunes, called Marx In Print, but it has been down a long time. I've transcribed the song from my soundtrack CD's. A couple of lines I can't immediately figure out. Someone else?

Jay

"Why am I so romantic?"
by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar

Lilian Roth:
All the boys I've known
Used to say I was made of stone
I would always leave them alone... in despair
I've been on the pan
I've been called an electric fan
Told I'm even much colder than... frigidaire
I began to wonder if I was all wrong
I thought so
Till you came along...

Tell me dear, why am I so romantic?
When you're near... why am I so romantic?
What a grand feeling when your lips meet mine
That certain something comes stealing up and down my spine
I don't know, what it is you do to me
You don't know half of the ???
Other boys bore me
They just leave me blue
But why am I so romantic... with you

Hal Thompson:
Tell me dear, why am I so romantic?
When you're near... why am I so romantic?
What a grand feeling when your lips touch mine
That certain something comes stealing up and down my spine

Lilian Roth:
When we ???? hold me
I forget all that my mother told me

Hal Thompson:
Other girls bore me
They just leave me blue

Both:
But why am I so romantic.. with you?

followed by Harpo's version on harp and whistling.

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[> Subject: Re: Animal Crackers

Author:
Cliff Urbanski
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Date Posted: Tue, Jan. 28 2003, 09:25 pm

>Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics to "Why
>Am I So Romantic" from Animal Crackers. I can't get
>the tune out of my mind, but I don't know the words.
Lines missing from lyrics from Jay 7/9/02: Mary's 1st verse: YOU DON'T KNOW HALF O'THE GOOD YOU DO ME Mary's 2nd verse: WHEN WE PET CLOSER YOUR ARMS DO HOLD ME

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[> Subject: Re: Animal Crackers

Author:
Cliff Urbanski
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Date Posted: Tue, Jan. 28 2003, 09:28 pm

[> Subject: Re: Animal Crackers

Author:
kcook
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Date Posted: Mon, Feb. 03 2003, 09:08 pm

>Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics to "Why
>Am I So Romantic" from Animal Crackers. I can't get
>the tune out of my mind, but I don't know the words.

I'm so glad to see these lyrics!! Our family has been looking for some time. We can't make out all the words in the film, but we're always singing bits of this song. This was the only item that came up on a web search of "tell me dear why am I so romantic" -- amazing!

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