My Man
written by Maurice Yvain, lyrics by Channing Pollack
Performed by Fanny Brice in the
Zeigfield Follies (1921) as "Mon Homme (My Man)"
performed by Barbara Streisand as part of the movie/musical "Funny Girl"
(1968)
It's cost me alot,
But there's one thing that I've got
It's my man.
Cold and
wet, tired, you bet
But all that I soon forget
With my man.
He's not much for looks
And no hero out of books
Is my man...
Two or three
girls has he
That he likes as well as me
But I love him!
I don't know why I should
He isn't any good
He isn't true
But I'll stick to
him like glue
What else can I do?
Oh my man, I love him so!
He'll never know.
All my life is just despair
But
I don't care!
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright,
All right!
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away?
When I know I'll come back
On
my knees some day;
For whatever my man is
I am his
Forever more!
Sometimes I say
If I just could get away
With my man
He'd go straight, sure
as fate,
For it never is too late
For a man.
I just like to dream of a cottage by a stream
With my man
Where a few flowers
grew and perhaps a kid or two
Like my man.
And then my eyes get wet
I 'most forget
'Til he gets hot
And tells me not
to talk
such rot...
Oh my man, I love him so!
He'll never know.
All my life is just despair
But
I don't care!
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright
All right!
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away
When I know I'll come back
On
my knees some day
For whatever my man is
I am his
Forever more!