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"You'd Be Surprised" |
"You'd Be Surprised" (Mae Questel the Betty Boop Girl)
Lyrics:
He's not so good in a crowd but when you get him alone
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance
But then when he takes you home
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look like much of a lover
But don't judge a book by it's cover
He's got the face the angel
But...
There's the devil in his eye
He's such a delicate thing
But when he starts into squeeze
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong
But when you sit on his knee
Whoo, whoo!
You'd be surprised
At a party
Or at a ball
I've got to admit
He's nothing at all
But in a morris chair
You'd be surprised
He's not so good in the house
But on a bench in a park
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light
But when he gets in the dark
Oh
You'd be surprised
I know he looks as slow as the yeary
But you don't know the half of it deary
He looks as cold as a eskimo
But there's a fire in his eye
He doesn't say much but when he start's into squeeze
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start but at the end of the week
Whoo, whoo!
You'd be surprised
On a street car or in a train
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxi cab
You'd be surprised
"You'd Be Surprised" (Betty Boop's Big Boss)
Lyrics:
Betty Boop:
Well i'm not so good in a crowd but when you get me alone
You'd be surprised
I dont know how to type right
But, Oooh if you take me home
You'd be surprised
I'm sorry that im not a very good worker but dont judge a book by it's cover
I've got the face of an angel but im the devil in disguise!
You'd be surprised
I didnt go to a school but when i sit on your knee
You'd be surprised
For someone to answer your calls
I've got to admit that i'm nothing at all but in a morris chair
Whoop's! (Flashes Skirt)
You'd be surprised
Big Boss:
You're hired!
Betty Boop:
Whoopee!
Trivia
- Written by Irving Berlin in 1919.
- Recorded by Mae Questel in 1940.
- The song is also sung by Kate Wright in the 1933 cartoon Betty Boop's Big Boss.
- It has been covered by a number of artists such as Billy Murray (the original voice of Bimbo), who, five years after recording it, sung another similar-themed song.
- The song was revived by Olga San Juan in the 1946 Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film Blue Skies, by White Hassle in 2005, and most memorably by Marilyn Monroe with alternate lyrics.
- In 1958, Kathy Linden's version of the song reached #50 on the Billboard pop chart.