Personalityjm Lyrics

Personalityjm

Personality
Johnny Mercer
Words by Johnny Burke
Music by Jimmy Van
Heusen

Peaked at # 1 in 1946
Competing versions charted by Bing
Crosby (#9) and Dinah Shore (#10)
Sung by Dorothy Lamour in "The Road To
Utopia" also starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby


When Madam Pompadour
was on a ballroom floor
Said all the gentlemen "Obviously,"
"The madam
has the cutest personality"

And think of all the books about Du Barry's
looks
What was it made her the toast of Paree?
She had a well-developed
personality

(What did Romeo see in Juliet?)
(Or Figaro in
Figarette?)
(Or Jupiter in Juno?)
You know!

And when Salome danced
and had the boys entranced
No doubt it must have been easy to see
That she
knew how to use her personality



(A girl can
learn to spell and take dictation well)
(And never sit on the boss's left
knee)
(Unless she's got a perfect personality)

(A girl can get
somewhere in spite of stringy hair)
(Or even just a bit bowed at the
knee)
(If she can show a faultless personality)

Why are certain girls
offered certain things
Like sable coats and wedding rings?
By men who wear
their spats right?
(That's right!)

(So don'tcha say "I'm smart and
have the kindest heart"
(Or "what a wonderful sister I'd be")
 Just tell me how you like my
Mercer> "Rufff!!
 (Personality)

Baby, you've got the cutest
Personality!!