Track Title:               There Is Nothin' Like A Dame


Prime Artist:              Ray Walston
Lyrics by:                 Oscar Hammerstein II     (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)
Music by:                  Richard Rodgers

Background Vocal:          Chorus
From the Show:             South Pacific  1949 (S) 1953 (M)
From the Film:             South Pacific  1949 (S) 1953 (M)

Lyrics:
We got sunlight on the sand,
We got moonlight on the sea,
We got mangoes and bananas
You can pick right off a tree,
We got volleyball and ping-pong
And a lot of dandy games~
What ain't we got?
We ain't got dames!

We get packages from home,
We get movies, we get shows,
We get speeches from our skipper
And advice from Tokyo Rose,
We get letters doused wit' poifume,
We get dizzy from the smell~
What don't we get?
You know damn well!

We have nothin' to put on a clean white suit for.
What we need is what there ain't no substitute for.

There is nothin' like a dame~
Nothin' in the world!
There is nothin' you can name
That is anythin' like a dame.

We feel restless,
We feel blue,
We feel lonely and, in brief,
We feel every kind of feelin'
But the feelin' of relief.
We feel hungry as the wolf felt
When he met Red Riding Hood~
What don't we feel?
We don't feel good!

Lots of things in life are beautiful, but, brother,
There is one particular thing that is nothin' whatsoever
In any way, shape, or form like any other.

There is nothin' like a dame~
Nothin' in the world!
There is nothin' you can name
That is anythin' like a dame.

Nothin' else is built the same!
Nothin' in the world
Has a soft and wavy frame
Like the silhouette of a dame.
There is absolutely nothin' like the frame of a dame!
So suppose a dame ain't bright,
Or completely free from flaws,
Or as faithful as a bird dog,
Or as kind as Santa Claus~
It's a waste of time to worry
Over things that they have not;
Be thankful for
The things they got!

There is nothin' like a dame~
Nothin' in the world.
There is nothin' you can name
That is anythin' like a dame.

There are no books like a dame
And nothin' looks like a dame.
There are no drinks like a dame
And nothin' thinks like a dame,
Nothin' acts like a dame
Or attracts like a dame.
There ain't a thing that's wrong with any man here
That can't be cured by puttin' him near
A girly, womanly, female, feminine dame!

Contributed by Carlene Bogle