Pigtails and Freckles ~ Perry Como

Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth

who would have thought you would turn out so beautiful?

Awkward and bashful, scared right from the start

who would have thought you would turn out so smart?

 

Changes, many changes, since I first looked at you,

funny, very funny, what a few years can do!

Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth

who would have thought they'd become so sublime? 

I would have thought, for I thought so all the time!

 

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Who would have thought 

you would turn out so beautiful?

 

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Who would have thought 

you would turn out so smart?

 

Changes, many changes, since I first looked at you,

funny, very funny, what a few years can do!

Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth

who would have thought they'd become so sublime? 

I would have thought, for I thought so all the time!

 

Words and Music by Irving Berlin

The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from 'Mr. President'

Performed by Perry Como

with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

| Large View | Sessions |

Produced for records by Hugo & Luigi

Orchestrations by Philip J. Lang

Vocal Arrangements by Ray Charles

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers

Also with Kaye Ballard and Sandy Stewart

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded October  1st, 1962

 

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

| Site Links | All Albums |  All Songs | The Recording Sessions |

First Edition Summer 1992

Second Edition Christmas 1993

Web Page Edition Christmas 1997

25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

Easter 2023 Revised Edition

 

 

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