The Girl That I Marry

"The Girl That I Marry" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, written by Irving Berlin.

It was originally performed by Ray Middleton on stage and on record.

Other hit versions in 1946 were by Frank Sinatra and Eddy Howard (Majestic label).

Eddy Howard recorded a second rendition in the early 1950s on the Mercury label.

Later renditions include:

Howard Keel in the 1952 MGM film of Annie Get Your Gun, also released on record.
John Raitt in a 1957 production with Mary Martin, recorded on Capitol Records.
Bruce Yarnell in an early 1960s production, recorded on RCA Records.
Robert Goulet in a late 1960s album.

[edit] Lyrics

The girl that I marry will have to be ... as soft and as pink as a nursery.

The girl that I call my own...will wear satins and laces and smell of cologne.

Her nails will be polished and in her hair...she'll wear a gardenia and I'll be there

'Stead of flittin' I'll be sittin' next to her and she'll purr like a kitten.

A doll I can carry the girl that I marry must be.

instrumental interlude

repeat last three lines.