The Best Looking Girls Get The Worst Looking Men 1924

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11Apr2025
2025

People say beauty is only skin deep,
that may be right may be wrong,
but the ugliest men get the prettiest girls,
the others grab what comes along,
contradiction I'll defy
nobody here can deny.

All the best looking girls
get the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all,
but don't you worry fellows,
if you're ugly as me,
you're certain sure to pick
a pretty peach off the tree,
if you happen to go
into some beauty show,
see the prettiest girl at a ball,
you'll hear the people saying
"What a sweet little thing,"
but when they see her husband
they say "God Save The King"
Oh, the best looking girls get
the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all.

All the best looking girls
get the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all,
The Handsome looking fellow
thinks a lot of himself,
but it's the ugly one who
always gets off the shelf,
take a walk up the West,
see the fellow well dress'd,
and you'll find beauty
goes to the wall,
You'll get the cutest sample
of a mid summer rose,
she's got a crosseyed feller
with a kink in his nose,
Oh, the best looking girls get
the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all.

Old Mister Beaver,
all whiskers and woe,
he gets a peach of a wife,
while the handsomest men
have to get what they can,
or else remain single for life,
Poets have said "Love is blind,"
that is the reason you find:

All the best looking girls
get the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all,
The handsome feller loses
what the ugly one gains,
the one has got the beauty,
but the other's got brains,
Though you've got bandy knees
or a face like a cheese,
and you may not be graceful or tall,
they don't care if you're knockkneed
or as thin as a sheet,
they know that nearer to the bone
the sweeter the meat,
Oh, the best looking girls get
the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all.

All the best looking girls
get the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all,
You may be fat and forty
and as round as a tub,
you'll get the nicest girl
to dance with you at the club.
when you're out in the street
watch the couples you meet,
it's the old 'uns who
make the girls fall,
for all the pretty baby dollies
out for a spoon.
they know the oldest fiddles
always play the best tune,
Oh, the best looking girls get
the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all.

People say beauty is only skin deep,
that may be right may be wrong,
but the ugliest men get the prettiest girls,
the others grab what comes along,
contradiction I'll defy
nobody here can deny.

All the best looking girls
get the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all,
but don't you worry fellows,
if you're ugly as me,
you're certain sure to pick
a pretty peach off the tree,
if you happen to go
into some beauty show,
see the prettiest girl at a ball,
you'll hear the people saying
!What a sweet little thing,"
but when they see her husband
they say "God Save The King"
Oh, the best looking girls get
the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all.

All the best looking girls
get the worst looking men,
and the others get nothing at all,
I couldn't say if Adam
he was ugly or not,
but Eve she had no option,
so she took what she got,
but the girls of today,
like to have their own way,
when they find Cupid making a call,
just watch the newly married ones
and their photographs,
inside the Picture papers
and they'll hand you some laughs,
Oh, the best looking girls get
the worst looking men,
and the others have Mercy On Me.

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The Best Looking Girls Get The Worst Looking Men 1924
Lyrics & music by Harry Carlton & Jay Whidden
© MCMXXIV by The Lawrence Wright Music Co.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 11 April 2025 at 14.48
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne