The Most Beautiful Girl in the World song lyrics -music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart – as performed in Billy Rose’s Jumbo by Stephen Boyd/Doris Day, reprised by Jimmy Durante/Martha Raye
The most beautiful girl in the world
Picks my ties out, eats my candy,
Drinks my brandy,
The most beautiful girl in the world!
The most beautiful star in the world
Isn’t Juneau, isn’t Venus,
But between us
She can make me believe it’s a beautiful world!
Social? Not a bit!
Natural kind of wit,
Words could not express,
How she looks in a frilly pink dress!
The most beautiful house in the world
Has a mortgage, what do I care?
It’s goodbye care
When my slippers are next to the ones that belong
To the one and only beautiful girl in the world!
The most glorious, glamorous, beautiful girl in the world!
(And, later in the film, is reprised by Jimmy Durante as his character is about to marry Martha Raye’s character)
The most beautiful girl in the world
Knocks my eyes out, sends my pulse up,
Makes my heart drop,
The most beautiful girl in the world!
The most lovable lass in the world
Is bewitchin’, is beguilin’,
When she’s smilin’,
She can make you believe it’s a beautiful world!
Wisdom? Not so hot.
Culture – she ain’t got,
Who needs an IQ,
Just to whisper them two words – “I do”.
The most beautiful bride in the world
Leaves me speechless, what do I care?
It’s goodbye care
When we walk down the aisle and the girl by my side
Is the one and only beautiful girl in the world!