"The Girl Friend" (George Olsen's Music, 1926)
The title song from Rodgers & Hart's early Broadway success, performed by the original orchestra and vocal trio Fran Frey, Bob Borger and Larry Murphy:
THE GIRL FRIEND
Isn't she cute?
Isn't she sweet?
She's gentle
And mentally nearly complete.
She's knockout,
She's regal
Her beauty's illegal.
She's the girl friend!
Take her to dance!
Take her to tea!
It's stunning
How cunning this lady
Can be.
A look at this vision
Will cause a collision.
She's the girl friend!
She is smart,
She's refined.
How can she be real?
She has heart,
She has mind.
Gosh, the girl's ideal!
Isn't she cute?
Isn't she sweet?
An eyeful you'd die full
A pleasure to meet.
In my funny fashion
I'm cursed with a passion
For the girl friend!
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Per WIKI:
The Girl Friend is a Broadway musical comedy that opened December 27, 1926, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Herbert Fields. It was produced by Lew Fields. It ran for 301 performances at the Vanderbilt Theatre.
The show starred Sammy White, Eva Puck and June Cochrane. A cyclist trains on a wheel connected to a butter churn on his dairy farm. He is in love with the daughter of a professional cyclist. He is urged to enter a six-day race by questionable cycling promoter. Various gamblers try to cause him to lose, but he wins the race and the girl. White and Puck were married and well-known vaudeville performers of the time.
Some of the songs from the show are:
Blue Room
The Girl Friend
Why Do I?
Sleepy Head
Good Fellow Mine