I Take To You

Written for: The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Performer: Alice Faye, Jack Oakie & John Payne
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Leo Feist, Inc.

Sheet music version:

Male verse:

I consider myself the luckiest one,
Finding a girl like you.
What did I do to deserve a break like this?
You're a bundle of joy, a barrel of fun,
A hundred percent I. Q.
You've got ev'rything and I've got you.

Female verse:

I consider myself the luckiest one,
Finding a boy like you.
What did I do to deserve a break like this?
You're a bundle of joy, a barrel of fun,
A hundred percent I. Q.
You've got ev'rything and I've got you.

Chorus 1:

Like a duck takes to water,
Like the flowers take to dew;
Like a Latin takes to a Latin Quarter,
I take to you.
Like a fish takes to swimmin',
Like the Irish take to stew;
Like a Sultan takes to a flock of women,
I take to you.
Like moon and June
And kiss and bliss,
A park, a bench, and a tree;
They all go together,
And, honey, so do we.
Like a star takes to gleaming,
Like a moonbeam to the blue;
Like a lover takes to a night of dreaming,
I take to you,
Baby, I take to you.

Chorus 2:

Like parades take to trumpets,
Up and down Fifth Avenue;
Like a Duchess takes to tea and crumpets,
(English accent:) I take to you.
(Regular:) Like a golfer takes to a brassie,
Like a bird's eye to a view;
Like a Scotchman takes to a wee bonnie lassie,
(Scotch brogue:) I take to you.
(Regular:) Like rain and shine
And tick tack toe,
Ireland and Mother McCree;
They all go together,
And, darlin', so do we.
Like the Dutch take to tulips,
And the Swiss yodelay yodeloo;
Like a Southerner takes to a few mint juleps,
(Southern accent:) Ah take to you,
Honey-chile, ah take to you.

Chorus 3:

(Regular:) Like the spring takes to May Day,
Like a "G" man to a clue;
Like your mother takes to your dad on payday,
I take to you.
Like a red-head takes to henna,
Like a monkey to a zoo;
Like a Strauss waltz takes to old Vienna,
I take to you.
Like sweet and low
And yes and no,
Like golly gosh, and oh, gee;
They all go together,
And, honey, so do we.
Like a shop takes to tradin',
Like the French to parlez vous;
Like a sailor takes to a Hula maiden,
I take to you,
Baby, I take to you.

Chorus 4:

Like a bride takes to a chapel,
Like a bride-groom to, "I do."
Like a teacher takes to a big red apple,
I take to you.
Like a sponge takes to swellin',
Like a wise owl takes to whoo;
Like a Darkie takes to a watermelon,
I take to you.
Like sweet and hot,
A house and lot,
A lock, a door, and a key;
They all go together
And, honey, so do we.
Like a rancher takes to yip-pee
Like a cowboy to wa-hoo;
Like a showboat takes to the Mississippi,
I take to you,
Baby, I take to you.

Movie version:

Chorus 1:

(Alice Faye:) Like a duck takes to water,
Like the flowers take to dew;
Like a Latin takes to a Latin Quarter,
I take to you.
Like a fish takes to swimmin',
Like the Irish take to stew;
Like a Sultan takes to a flock of women,
I take to you.
Like moon and June
Kiss and bliss,
A park, a bench, and a tree;
They all go together,
And, honey, so do we.
Like a star takes to gleaming,
Like a moonbeam to the blue;
Like a lover takes to a night of dreaming,
I take to you,
Baby, I take to you.

Chorus 2:

(Faye:) Like a kid takes to fables,
(Jack Oakie:) And like a boogie-man to
(Faye & Oakie:) Boo!
(Faye:) Like a Ziegfeld baby takes to sables,
(Faye & Oakie:) I take to you.
(Faye:) Like a dove takes to cooin',
(Oakie:) And like a sneeze takes to
(Faye & Oakie:) Ka-choo!
(Faye:) Like a good girl takes to, "Nothin' doin',"
(Faye & Oakie:) I take to you.
(Oakie:) Like ham n' eggs
(Faye, spoken:) Yeah.
(Oakie:) And pork and beans,
(Faye, spoken:) Uh-huh.
(Oakie:) And cream and sugar and tea;
(John Payne:) They all go together,
And, honey, so do we.
'Cause like a sweet takes to kippers,
(Faye:) Like a button to a shoe;
(Oakie:) Like your gran'pappy takes to his pipe and slippers,
(Faye & Oakie:) I take to you.
Are ya listenin'?
I take to you.
How's about another chorus or two?

Chorus 3:

(Faye:) Just like the spring takes to May Day,
(Payne:) Like a hawkshaw to a clue;
(Oakie:) Like your mother takes to your dad on payday,
(All:) I-ya, a-take-a to you-a.
(Faye:) Like a red-head takes to
(Payne, spoken:) Henna.
(Faye, spoken:) Yeah.
(Faye:) And like a monkey takes to a
(Oakie, spoken:) Zoo.
(All:) Like a Strauss waltz takes to old Vienna,
I take to you.
(Faye:) Like sweet and low
(Payne:) And yes and no,
(Oakie:) Like golly gosh, and oh, gee;
(Faye:) They all go together,
(All:) And, honey, so do we.
(Payne:) Like a shop takes to tradin',
(Oakie:) And like the French to parlez vous;
(All:) Like a sailor takes to a Hula maiden,
(Faye & Payne:) I take to you.
(Oakie:) Yes, indeedy.
(Faye & Oakie:) Indeed I do.
(Payne:) Ah, you're a sweetie.
(Oakie & Payne:) We've been taken by you.
(Faye:) I repeaty.
(All:) Like a hoot-owl takes to whoo-ooh!
I take to you.