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You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

Bing Crosby
Track 36 on Bing: His Legendary Years 1931-1957 
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You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby Lyrics

You must have been a beautiful baby
You must have been a wonderful child
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten
I'll bet you drove the little boys wild

And when it came to winnin' blue ribbons
You must have shown the other kids how
I can see the judges eyes
As they handed you the prize
I'll bet you made the cutest bow!
Oh! you must have been a beautiful baby
'Cause baby, look at you now!

Does your mother
Realize
The stork delivered
Quite a prize
The day he left you
On the family tree?

Does you dad
Appreciate
That you're merely
Super-great
The miracle
Of any century?
If they don't then send them both to me
You must have been a beautiful baby
You must have been a wonderful child
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten
I'll bet you drove the little boys wild

And when it came to winnin' blue ribbons
You must have shown the other kids how
I can see the judges eyes
As they handed you the prize
I'll bet you made the cutest bow!
Oh! you must have been a beautiful baby
'Cause baby, look at you now!

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Who wrote “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” by Bing Crosby?
Bing: His Legendary Years 1931-1957 (1993)
Bing Crosby
  1. 2.
    Out of Nowhere
  2. 3.
    Just One More Chance
  3. 4.
    I’m Through With Love
  4. 5.
    I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)
  5. 6.
    At Your Command (Missing Lyrics)
  6. 7.
    I Apologize
  7. 8.
    Dancing In the Dark
  8. 9.
    Stardust
  9. 10.
    The Moon Was Yellow And The Night Was Young
  10. 11.
    Two Cigarettes In The Dark
  11. 12.
    With Every Breath I Take
  12. 13.
    June in January
  13. 14.
    Love Is Just Around The Corner
  14. 15.
    Soon
  15. 16.
    Down By The River
  16. 17.
    It’s Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)
  17. 18.
    Red Sails In The Sunset
  18. 19.
    Silent Night
  19. 20.
    I Got Plenty O’ Nuthin’
  20. 21.
    I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
  21. 22.
    Pennies from Heaven
  22. 23.
    A Fine Romance
  23. 24.
    Sweet Leilani
  24. 25.
    Blue Hawaii
  25. 26.
    Too Marvelous For Words
  26. 27.
    It’s The Natural Thing To Do
  27. 28.
    The Moon Got In My Eyes
  28. 29.
    Remember Me?
  29. 30.
    Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)
  30. 31.
    Don’t Be That Way
  31. 32.
    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Unreleased)
  32. 33.
    Small Fry
  33. 34.
    I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams
  34. 35.
    Mexicali Rose
  35. 36.
    You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
  36. 37.
    Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
  37. 38.
    Somebody Loves Me
  38. 39.
    What’s New? (Missing Lyrics)
  39. 40.
    Sierra Sue
  40. 41.
    Trade Winds
  41. 42.
    Only Forever
  42. 43.
    New San Antonio Rose
  43. 44.
    Humpty Dumpty Heart
  44. 45.
    Deep In The Heart Of Texas
  45. 46.
    Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie
  46. 47.
    When My Dreamboat Comes Home
  47. 48.
    White Christmas (1947 Re-Recording)
  48. 50.
    Be Careful, It’s My Heart
  49. 51.
    Adeste Fideles
  50. 52.
    Moonlight Becomes You
  51. 53.
    Sunday, Monday or Always
  52. 54.
    Mississippi Mud / I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain (Missing Lyrics)
  53. 56.
    I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)
  54. 57.
    San Fernando Valley
  55. 58.
    Close the Door Joe, We’re Making a Disc! (Missing Lyrics)
  56. 59.
    Swinging On a Star
  57. 60.
    I Love You
  58. 61.
    I’ll Be Seeing You (Rehearsal Glimpse) (Missing Lyrics)
  59. 62.
    I’ll Be Seeing You
  60. 63.
    On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
  61. 64.
    Song of the Fifth Marine (Missing Lyrics)
  62. 65.
    (There’ll Be A) Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin (When The Yanks Go Marching In)
  63. 66.
    Don’t Fence Me In
  64. 67.
    (Yip Yip De Hootie) My Baby Said Yes
  65. 68.
    Mine (Unreleased)
  66. 69.
    Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
  67. 70.
    The Road to Morocco
  68. 71.
    You Belong To My Heart
  69. 72.
    It’s Been a Long, Long Time
  70. 73.
    Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby)
  71. 74.
    I Can’t Begin to Tell You
  72. 75.
    Day By Day
  73. 76.
    MacNamara’s Band
  74. 77.
    South America, Take It Away
  75. 78.
    Alexander’s Ragtime Band
  76. 79.
    The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (Missing Lyrics)
  77. 80.
    Whiffenpoof Song
  78. 81.
    Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
  79. 82.
    But Beautiful
  80. 83.
    Galway Bay
  81. 84.
    Far Away Places
  82. 85.
    Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle (Missing Lyrics)
  83. 86.
    Dear Hearts and Gentle People
  84. 87.
    Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
  85. 88.
    Play a Simple Melody
  86. 89.
    Sam’s Song
  87. 90.
    Harbor Lights
  88. 91.
    Autumn Leaves
  89. 92.
    Silver Bells
  90. 93.
    Getting to Know You
  91. 94.
    Gone Fishin’ (Live Radio Performance) (Missing Lyrics)
  92. 95.
    In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
  93. 96.
    Watermelon Weather
  94. 97.
    Thanks for the Memory
  95. 98.
    Around the World (In Eighty Days)
  96. 99.
    Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise
  97. 100.
    Gigi
  98. 101.
    Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
  99. You Belong to Me
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