[1st refrain:]
[Annie:] Anything you can do I can do better
I can do anything better than you
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] Anything you can be I can be greater
Sooner or later I'm greater than you
[Annie:] No, you're not
[Frank:] Yes, I am
[Annie:] No, you're not
[Frank:] Yes, I am
[Annie:] No, you're not
[Frank:] Yes, I am, yes I am
[Frank:] I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge
[Annie:] I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow
[Frank:] I can live on bread and cheese
[Annie:] And only on that?
[Frank:] Yes
[Annie:] So can a rat
[Frank:] Any note you can reach I can go higher
[Annie:] I can sing anything higher than you
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[2nd refrain:]
[Annie:] Anything you can buy I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
[Frank:] Fifty cents
[Annie:] Forty cents
[Frank:] Thirty cents
[Annie:] Twenty cents
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] Anything you can say I can say softer
[Annie:] I can say anything softer than you
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
[Annie:] I can do it quicker and get even sicker
[Frank:] I can open any safe
[Annie:] Without being caught?
[Frank:] Sure
[Annie:] That's what I thought (you crook!)
[Frank:] Any note you can hold I can hold longer
[Annie:] I can hold any note longer than you
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] No, you can't -- Yes, you can!
[3rd refrain:]
[Annie:] Anything you can wear I can wear better
In what you wear I'd look better than you
[Frank:] In my coat
[Annie:] In your vest
[Frank:] In my shoes
[Annie:] In your hat
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] Anything you can say I can say faster
[Annie:] I can say anything faster than you
[Frank:] Noyoucan't
[Annie:] YesIcan
[Frank:] Noyoucan't
[Annie:] YesIcan
[Frank:] Noyoucan't
[Annie:] YesIcan
[Frank:] Noyoucan't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] I can jump a hurdle
[Annie:] I can wear a girdle
[Frank:] I can knit a sweater
[Annie:] I can fill it better
[Frank:] I can do most anything
[Annie:] Can you bake a pie?
[Frank:] No
[Annie:] Neither can I
[Frank:] Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter
[Annie:] I can sing anything sweeter than you
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Oh, yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Frank:] No, you can't, can't, can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can, can, can, can
[Frank:] No, you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can
[Alternate lyrics:]
[Verse:]
I'm superior, you're inferior
I'm the big attraction, you're the small
I'm the major one, you're the minor one
I can beat you shootin', that's not all
[Annie:] Anything you can sing, I can sing louder
I can sing anything louder than you
[Frank:] No you can't
[Annie:] Yes I can
[Frank:] No you can't
[Annie:] Yes I can
[Frank:] No you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Annie:] Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
[Frank:] Fifty cents
[Annie:] Forty cents
[Frank:] Thirty cents
[Annie:] Twenty cents
[Frank:] No you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Frank:] I could be a racer, quite a steeplechaser
[Annie:] I can jump a hurdle even in my girdle
[Frank:] I can open any safe
[Annie:] Without being caught?
[Frank:] Yes
[Annie:] That's what I thought
[Annie:] Anything you can dig, I can dig deeper
I can dig anything deeper than you
[Frank:] Thirty feet
[Annie:] Forty feet
[Frank:] Fifty feet
[Annie:] Sixty feet
[Frank:] No you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Annie:] Anyone you can lick, I can lick faster
I can lick anyone faster than you
[Frank:] With your fist
[Annie:] With my feet
[Frank:] With your feet
[Annie:] With an axe
[Frank:] No you can't
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
[Annie:] Any school where you went I could be master
I could be master much faster than you
[Frank:] Can you spell?
[Annie:] No I can't
[Frank:] Can you add?
[Annie:] No I can't
[Frank:] Can you teach?
[Annie:] Yes, I can! Yes, I can!
Songwriters
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