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Of Thee I Sing movie - AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE lyrics

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FULTON:<br>

As the chairman of the committee<br>

I announce we've made our choice;<br>

Ev'ry lover from Dubuque to Jersey City<br>

Should rejoice!<br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

We rejoice!<br>

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JUDGES AND COMMITTEE:<br>

When the angels up there designed her,<br>

They designed a thoroughbred;<br>

And on March the fourth the President will find her<br>

Worthy of his board and bed.<br>

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FULTON:<br>

And now it thrills me to introduce the rarest of American beauties, <br>

the future first lady of the land -- a fit consort for the ruler of "122 million freeborn" - ladies and gentlemen -- Miss Diana Devereaux!<br>

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HOW BEAUTIFUL<br>

[DIANA APPEARS WITH FOUR OTHER PRIZE WINNERS<br>

HOLDING TRAIN ATTACHED TO HER BATHING SUIT]<br>

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ALL:<br>

[SING]<br>

How beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!<br>

How utterly, utterly so!<br>

The charming, the gracious, the dutiful<br>

Diana Devereaux!<br>

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FULTON:<br>

[SPOKEN]<br>

The committee will now tell why she was chosen -- with music!<br>

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NEVER WAS THERE A GIRL SO FAIR<br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

Never was there a girl so fair!<br>

Never was there a form so rare!<br>

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DIANA:<br>

[SPOKEN]<br>

Ah could throw mah arms right around your neck! <br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

A voice so lyrical<br>

Is given few;<br>

Her eyes a miracle<br>

Of Prussian blue;<br>

Ruby lips and a foot so small;<br>

As for hips -- she has none at all!<br>

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GILHOOLEY:<br>

Did you ever see such footsies,<br>

Or a more enticing limb?<br>

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LIPPMAN:<br>

And the ankles or her tootsies<br>

Are so slim!<br>

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LYONS AND JUDGES:<br>

What a charming epiglottis!<br>

What a lovely coat of tan!<br>

Oh, the man who is not hot is<br>

Not a man!<br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

She's a bargain to whom she's wed'<br>

More than worthy his board and bed!<br>

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FULTON:<br>

Says the chairman of the committee,<br>

Let the newsmen now come in.<br>

[TO DIANA]<br>

For the sound reels you must look your best, my pretty!<br>

[TO GUARDS]<br>

Have the interviews begin!<br>

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GILHOOLEY AND LYONS:<br>

We shall go and bring them in!<br>

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WINTERGREEN:<br>

[RUSHING CENTER]<br>

Stop! No!<br>

Though this may be a blow,<br>

I simply cannot marry<br>

Diana Devereaux!<br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

What's this? What's this?<br>

He says he cannot marry<br>

Diana Devereaux?<br>

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COMMITTEE AND JUDGES:<br>

[TO WINTERGREEN]<br>

You mean you will not many<br>

Diana Devereaux!<br>

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WINTERGREEN:<br>

Please understand!<br>

It isn't that I would jilt or spurn 'er!<br>

It's just that I love someone else!<br>

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ALL:<br>

Who?<br>

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WINTERGREEN:<br>

Whom! <br>

[TURNS TO MARY]<br>

Mary Turner!<br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

The man is mad!<br>

Or else a cad!<br>

He'll have to take her --<br>

He can't forsake her<br>

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DIANA:<br>

This jilting me,<br>

It cannot be!<br>

This lousy action<br>

Calls for retraction!<br>

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COMMITTEE AND JUDGES:<br>

We must know why<br>

You should prefer<br>

Instead of Di<br>

[POINTING TO DIANA]<br>

A girl like her.<br>

[POINTING TO MARY]<br>

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GIRLS:<br>

Yes, tell us why<br>

You should prefer<br>

Instead of Di<br>

A girl like her!<br>

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WINTERGREEN:<br>

All that I can say of Mary Turner<br>

Is that I love Mary Turner.<br>

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COMMITTEE AND JUDGES:<br>

What's to be done?<br>

Though she has won,<br>

[INDICATING DIANA]<br>

Though she has signed up<br>

He's made his mind up!<br>

His love he'd ruther<br>

Give to the other!<br>

[INDICATING DIANA]<br>

What shall we do now? <br>

What is our cue now?<br>

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DIANA:<br>

[TO COMMITTEE]<br>

He will do nothing of the sort.<br>

First we'll settle this thing in court.<br>

[TO WINTERGREEN]<br>

You seem to think Miss Turner hits the spot;<br>

But what has she got that I haven't got?<br>

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ALL:<br>

Yes, what has "she" got <br>

[POINTING TO MARY]<br>

that she hasn't got? <br>

[POINTING TO DIANA]<br>

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WINTERGREEN:<br>

My Mary makes corn muffins -<br>

[TO DIANA]<br>

Can you make corn muffins?<br>

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DIANA:<br>

I cain't make corn muffins<br>

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ALL:<br>

[SORROWFULLY]<br>

She can't make corn muffins!<br>

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SOME GIRLS CAN BAKE A PIE<br>

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WINTERGREEN:<br>

Well, there you are!<br>

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Some girls can bake a pie<br>

Made up of prunes and quinces;<br>

Some make an oyster fry -<br>

Others are good at blintzes.<br>

Some lovely girls have done<br>

Wonders with turkey stuffin's,<br>

But I have found the one<br>

Who can really make corn muffins!<br>

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DIANA:<br>

Who cares about corn muffins?<br>

All I demand is justice!<br>

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[WINTERGREEN REPEATS "SOME GIRLS CAN..." MARY JOINS IN,<br>

AS COMMITTEE AND ENSEMBLE, SOLD ON THE IDEA, SING OBBLIGATO]<br>

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COMMITTEE AND ENSEMBLE:<br>

Corn muffins -<br>

Though other girls are good at turkey stuffin's<br>

She takes the cake -<br>

For she can bake<br>

Corn muffins;<br>

Corn muffins -<br>

He's not to blame for falling if she's able<br>

To serve them at his table.<br>

[COMMITTEE STARTS TO SAMPLE MUFFINS]<br>

They should be happy night and day;<br>

They'll make a couple so delightful;<br>

When two agree on corn muffins,<br>

Their marriage is only rightful!<br>

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DIANA AND GIRLS:<br>

[SIMULTANEOUSLY, TO THE COMMITTEE]<br>

Don't surrender! <br>

Don't be tender!<br>

I'm (she's) the winner!<br>

She is a little sinner!<br>

Come! Make your mind up.<br>

I, (she) not she <br>

Is the one who's really signed up!<br>

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COMMITTEE:<br>

[HOLDING UP MUFFINS]<br>

Great! Great!<br>

It really must be fate!<br>

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COMMITTEE AND JUDGES:<br>

We must declare these muffins<br>

The best we ever ate!<br>

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GIRLS:<br>

[SIMULTANEOUSLY]<br>

There's none but Mary Turner<br>

Could ever be his mate!<br>

[DIANA EXITS]<br>

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[HALF THE VOICES KEEP REPEATING]<br>

There's none but Mary Turner<br>

Could ever be his mate!<br>

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[THE OTHER HALF SING]<br>

She can make corn muffins!<br>

She can make corn muffins!<br>

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ALL:<br>

[Tableau]<br>

Let's all rejoice!<br>

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