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You'd Be Surprised

song by Irving Berlin

For the silent film, see You'd Be Surprised (film). For the novel by Peter Cheyney, see You'd Be Surprised (novel).

"You'd Be Surprised" is a song written by Irving Berlin in which Eddie Cantor interpolated it into Ziegfeld's Follies of .^[1] Cantor soon recorded it and it became a major hit.

Other popular versions in were by the All-Star Trio and by Irving Kaufman.^[2]

Lyrics

The first verse introduces the shy Johnny and the woman Mary who finds him to be an exceptional lover, although apparently no one else ever has. She explains his appeal in the first chorus. By the second verse, Mary's talking-up of Johnny has resulted in him now being very popular with the ladies.

The song leaves any questions about Mary's status unanswered.

Eddie cantor death The Ziegfeld Follies of featured one of Berlin's most audacious songs "You'd Be Surprised," introduced by Eddie Cantor, a mainstay performer of the musical revue. The piece is one of Berlin's more irreverent songs: filled with innuendo and double entendre.

The first chorus mentions the Morris Chair, made popular in America by furniture maker Gustav Stickley.

Part of first verse:

Johnny was bashful and shy;

Nobody understood why

Mary loved him

All the other girls passed him by.

Everyone wanted to know

How she could pick such a beau

With a twinkle in her eye

She made this reply

Parts of various choruses:

He's not so good in a crowd

But when you get him alone

You'd be surprised;

He's kind of scared in a mob

But when he takes you home

You'd be surprised.

He won't impress you

Right from the start

But in a week or two

You'd be surprised.

At a party or a ball

I've got to admit he's nothing at all

But in a Morris chair

You'd be surprised

Part of second verse:

Mary continued to praise

Johnny's remarkable ways

To the ladies

And you know advertising pays

Now Johnny's ne'er alone

He has the busiest phone

Almost every other day

A new girl will say

Cover versions

References

^Bergreen, Laurence ().

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