You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Written for: Hard To Get (1938)
Performer: Dick Powell
Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Additional British lyric: Charles Dunn
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1938
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse 1:

Does your mother realize
The stork delivered quite a prize,
The day he left you on the fam'ly tree.
Does your dad appreciate
That you are merely super-great,
The miracle of any century.
If they don't, just send them both to me;

Chorus:

You must have been a beautiful baby,
You must have been a wonderful child,
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten,
I bet you drove the little boys wild;
And when it came to winning blue ribbons,
You must have shown the other kids how;
I can see the judges' eyes
As they handed you the prize,
I bet you made the cutest bow;
Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby,
'Cause, baby, look at you now.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

Don't suppose it dawned on you,
The first time you were out on view,
How all the neighbors buzzed around with pride;
All those words of good advice
And all those murmurs, "Ain't she nice?"
No wonder that your poppa nearly cried,
That is why I'm always by your side.

[Chorus]