YOU'RE SOME PRETTY DOLL
(Clarence Williams - 1917)


You're so pretty, oh! so pretty
You're some pretty doll,
You've got the kind of eyes that seem to talk
They make me get so nervous that I have to walk
Oh! I love you, how I love you,
More and more each day
You've got some smile, you're pretty too
And I've a million dollars that I'll spend on you
'Cause you're so pretty, Oh! so pretty,
You're some pretty doll.

Now listen Dolly, come over here
There's something I must whisper in your ear
You've got me hanging 'round you like a child
It seems as if you're goin' to drive me wild
These words I tell you are really true
And what I say I'll surely do,
Oh! you're cute and handsome, I can't help but fall
You're just a perfect Doll.

Your baby ways and your loving smile
It sets my heart jumping ll the while
Those charming little curls and dimples too
They make me know that it is you, just you
I wonder if your dear heart is mine
If so, it is a joy divine,
Oh! won't you tell me and put my heart at ease
Oh! for a loving squeeze

You're so pretty, oh! so pretty
You're some pretty doll,
You've got the kind of eyes that seem to talk
They make me get so nervous that I have to walk
Oh! I love you, how I love you,
More and more each day
You've got some smile, you're pretty too
And I've a million dollars that I'll spend on you
'Cause you're so pretty, Oh! so pretty,
You're some pretty doll.


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ALTERNATE VERSION:

UGLY CHILE (YOU'RE SOME PRETTY DOLL)
(Clarence Williams with added lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
Johnny Mercer - 1947


You're so pretty, Oh! so pretty
You're some pretty doll
You've got the kind of eyes that seem to talk
They make me get so nervous that I have to walk
Oh! I love you, how I love you,
More and more each day
You've got some smile, you're pretty too
Ive got a million dollars that I'll spend on you
'Cause you're so pretty, oh! o pretty,
You're some pretty doll.

Now that's the way my folks would always sing to me
When I was just a blossom on my family tree
But when I got around to datin' my first chick
This is what she said, an' did she spread it thick...

Hey! You're ugly, oh! so ugly
You're some ugly chile
The clothes you wear are not in style
You look like an ape every time you smile
How I hate you, you alligator bait, you
Why don't you lay down and die
How I hate you, you alligator bait, you
An' here's the reason why...

You're knock kneed, pigeon toed, box ankled
You're big foot, barefoot slue footed too
How'd they ever get a pair of shoes on you
Your short and squatty, just nobody
You're some Ugly Chile
What a joke on your family when along comes you,
You're dippy,dappy, hey! slap happy
You're some Ugly Chile!