Anything You Can Do
Song for ESL
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Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

By Irving Berlin

From Annie Get Your Gun


And now little lady, If you'll kindly step up to the parapet, I'll give you a lesson in marksmanship.
You couldn't give me a lesson in long distance spittin'!
Anything you can do, I can do better   I can do anything better than you.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can. Yes I can.
Anything you can be I can be greater.   Sooner or later, I'm greater than you.
 No you're not.
Yes I am.
 No you're not.
Yes I am.
 No you're not.
Yes I am, yes I am.
I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge.
I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow.
I can live on bread and cheese.
And only on that?                 Yes.
So can a rat!
Any note you can reach I can go higher.
I can sing anything higher than you.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes! I can.
 Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper. I can buy anything cheaper than you.
Fifty cents
Forty cents
Thirty cents
Twenty cents
No you  can't.
Yes I can. Yes I can.
Anything you can say, I can say softer
I can say anything softer than you
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can! Yes I can!
I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker.
I can do it quicker and get even sicker.
I can open any safe.
Without being caught?            Sure.
That's what I thought, you crook!
Any note you can hold, I can hold longer.
I can hold any note longer than you.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.      Yes I can.
No you can't.              Yes I......
...... can!                      Yes, you can!
Anything you can wear, I can wear better. In what you wear, I'd look better than you.
In my coat?                     In your vest.
In my shoes?                   In your hat.
No you  can't.
Yes, I can, Yes, I can.
Anything you can say, I can say faster.
I can say anything faster than you.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't..
Yes I can.
I can jump a hurdle.
I can wear a girdle.
I can knit a sweater.
I can fill it better.
I can do most anything.
Can you bake a pie?    No
Neither can I.
Anything you can sing, I can sing sweeter.
I can sing anything sweeter than you.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes I can.
No you can't..
Yes I can.
No you can't.
Yes, I can.
No, you can't., can't.  can't.
Yes, I can, can, can.
NO YOU CAN'T        YES I CAN