The Girl That I Marry

"The Girl That I Marry" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, written by Irving Berlin.

It was originally performed by Ray Middleton on stage and on record.

Other hit versions in 1946 were by Frank Sinatra and Eddy Howard (Majestic label).

Eddy Howard recorded a second rendition in the early 1950s on the Mercury label.

Later renditions include:

  • Per Grundén with orchestra Conductor: Hans Schreiber. Swedish lyrics written by Stig Bergendorff and Gösta Bernhard entitled "Den flickan skal bära mitt namn". Recorded in Stockholm on August 19, 1949 and released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice X 7540
  • Howard Keel in the 1952 MGM film of Annie Get Your Gun, also released on record.
  • John Raitt in a 1957 production with Mary Martin, recorded on Capitol Records.
  • Bruce Yarnell in an early 1960s production, recorded on RCA Records.
  • Robert Goulet on a late 1960s album.
Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields'
Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
Characters
  • Annie Oakley
  • Frank Butler
  • Foster Wilson
  • Chief Sitting Bull
  • Tommy Keeler
  • Charlie Davenport
  • Winnie Tate
  • Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
  • Dolly Tate
  • Pawnee Bill
Adaptations
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film)
  • Annie du Far-West (1950 French operetta)
Recordings
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1963)
  • Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast (1986)
Music
  • "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
  • "The Girl That I Marry"
  • "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"
  • "There's No Business Like Show Business"
  • "They Say It's Wonderful"
  • "Moonshine Lullaby"
  • "My Defenses Are Down"
  • "I'm an Indian, Too"
  • "I Got Lost In His Arms"
  • "Who Do You Love, I Hope?"
  • "I Got the Sun in the Morning"
  • "Anything You Can Do"
Related
  • Songs (fuller list)
Irving Berlin songs
  • "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
  • "All Alone"
  • "All by Myself"
  • "Always"
  • "Any Bonds Today?"
  • "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"
  • "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)"
  • "Blue Skies"
  • "Change Partners"
  • "Cheek to Cheek"
  • "Count Your Blessings"
  • "Daddy, Come Home"
  • "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
  • "Easter Parade"
  • "Follow the Crowd"
  • "Get Thee Behind Me Satan"
  • "The Girl That I Marry"
  • "God Bless America"
  • "Happy Holiday"
  • "Heat Wave"
  • "Heaven Watch the Philippines"
  • "How About Me?"
  • "How Deep Is the Ocean?"
  • "How's Chances?"
  • "I Got Lost in His Arms"
  • "I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)"
  • "I Used to Be Color Blind"
  • "I Want To Go Back To Michigan"
  • "I'm an Indian Too"
  • "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"
  • "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now"
  • "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
  • "Isn't This a Lovely Day?"
  • "It's a Lovely Day Today"
  • "Lazy"
  • "Let Yourself Go"
  • "Let's Face the Music and Dance"
  • "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee"
  • "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk"
  • "Mandy"
  • "Moonshine Lullaby"
  • "My Defenses Are Down"
  • "The Near Future"
  • "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)"
  • "Now It Can Be Told"
  • "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning"
  • "Play a Simple Melody"
  • "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody"
  • "Puttin' on the Ritz"
  • "Reaching for the Moon"
  • "Remember"
  • "San Francisco Bound"
  • "Say It Isn't So"
  • "Sisters"
  • "Slumming on Park Avenue"
  • "The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)"
  • "Stay Down Here Where You Belong"
  • "Steppin' Out with My Baby"
  • "Supper Time"
  • "That International Rag"
  • "That Mysterious Rag"
  • "There's No Business Like Show Business"
  • "They Say It's Wonderful"
  • "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
  • "What'll I Do"
  • "When I Lost You"
  • "White Christmas"
  • "Who Do You Love, I Hope?"
  • "You Can Have Him"
  • "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun"
  • "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
  • "You'd Be Surprised"
  • "You're Just in Love"
  • "You're Laughing at Me"


Famous quotes containing the words girl and/or marry:

    “A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can’t get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.”
    —Anzia Yezierska (c. 1881–1970)

    “In a novel a hero can lay ten girls and marry a virgin for a finish. In a movie this is not allowed. The hero, as well as the heroine, has to be a virgin. The villain can lay anybody he wants, have as much fun as he wants cheating and stealing, getting rich and whipping the servants. But you have to shoot him in the end.”
    —Herbert Mankiewicz (1897–1953)