Katherine Hepburn sings this to the leopard, Baby, in order to coax him to come out of his hiding place in the 1938 movie, "Bringing Up Baby." Cary Grant also ends up in drag in the film, and wonders aloud if he hasn't just gone gay. . .I first knew the great Ella Fitzgerald version. But then, there anything she does that isn't great?
VERSE
Gee but it's tough to be broke kid
It's not a joke kid, It's a curse,
My luck is changing, it's gotten from simply rotten
To something worse
Who knows, someday I will win, too
I'll begin to reach my pride
Now that I see what our end is
All I can spend is just my time
I can't give you anything but love, baby.
That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby.
Dream awhile, scheme awhile
We're sure to find
Happiness, and I guess
All those things you've always pined for.
Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
Diamond bracelets Woolworth's doesn't sell, baby.
till that lucky day you know darn well, baby.
I can't give you anything but love.
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