Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? (1937)

From the 1937 film "Varsity Show"
Words by Johnny Mercer
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Lyrics
1. I have dreamed about romance a lot
Men like Galahad and Sir Lancelot
Always did the things I'd like to do
Physically I'm not as durable
But romantically I'm incurable
And I'd like to do the same for you
Refrain
Have you got any castles
That you want me to build, Baby?
Have you got any dragons
That you want to have killed, Baby?
I'll get into my seven league boots
I'll get into my bullet-proof suits
I'll get out my revolver that shoots
And rat-a-tat-tat-tat-at Down they'll go
Have you any mortgages
You want to have paid, Baby?
Have you got any villains
That you want to have laid to rest?
After all my adventures are through
And I bring home a dragon or two
You can tell all the papers
That I did it because I love you
2. Men are really men no longer now
For the weaker sex is the stronger now
We compete in every single thing
Gents belong in the Smithsonian
Since we gals are all Amazonian
And the Queen has now become the King
Refrain
Have you got any mountains
That you want to have clumb, Baby?
Have you got any oceans
That you want to have swum, Baby?
I'll get out of my bonnet and shawl
I'll get into my nothing-at-all
I'll give out with a Weissmuller crawl
And over the waves I'll go, Splash! Splash!
Have you got any continents
You want me to fly, Baby?
Oh! there just isn't anything
That I wouldn't try for you
After all my adventures are through
And I hang up a record or two
You can tell all the papers
That I did it because I love you
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Vocal demonstration
Boy sung by Vancha March.
Girl sung by Mrs. March.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne.
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What a delightful rendering, both. 🙂