Ethel Merman — A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody

[MOLLY] A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day Just like the strain of a haunting refrain She'll start upon a marathon and run around your brain You can't escape, she's in your memory By morning, night and noon She will leave you and then come back again A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune [TERENCE] A pretty girl [MOLLY] La ta da ta da de da [TERENCE] Is like a melody [MOLLY] La ta da ta da de da [TERENCE] That haunts you night and day [MOLLY] They go together like sunny weather Goes with the month of May [TERENCE] Just like the strain [MOLLY] La la la la la... [Sits down on the table and falls from it. The audience laughs.] [TERENCE] Of a haunting refrain She'll start upon a marathon and run around your brain [MOLLY] You can't escape, no, no, no, no, n... [Falls from the table again. The audience laughs.] [TERENCE] She's in your memory [MOLLY] In your memory by morning, night and noon She will leave you and then [TERENCE] Come back again [MOLLY & TERENCE] A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune