I've Never Seen Anything Like It Composer(s): Leslie Bricusse Performer(s): Sammy Davis Jr.; Frank Chacksfield
Blossom: I Mean, I've Seen The World! I've Been Around I Could Tell You Stories That Would Quite Astound You!
I'm Not A Fool! I Went To School! I've Been From Liverpool To Istanbul! Istanbul! I'm No Fool! And Anyone Will Tell You That I'm Sharper Than A Knife! But I've Never Seen Anything Like It In My Life!
Dolittle: It's a pushmi-pullyu!
Blossom: Is it?
Well, I've Never Seen Anything Like It! I've Never Seen Anything Like It! I've Never Seen Anything Like It In My Life!
Matthew: It's the rarest animal on earth!
Blossom: It certainly is! Hey! Come back! Just a minute! Listen!
I Mean I Know The Game I've Seen 'Em All! I Could Tell You Stories That Would Quite Entrall You!
I Know Me Job! Pleasin' The Mob! I Give 'Em What They Want For Just Two Bob! Just Two Bob! Well, That's My Job!
But This Is So Fantastic I Can't Wait To Tell The Wife! Gertie, You've Never Seen Anything Like It In Your Life!
Come an' look at this!
Dolittle: It's a bicranium, Madam!
Blossom: Arthur!...Vladmir!...Mavis!...Get out 'ere! All of you! Look at this!
I Thought I'd Seen Every Wonder In The World! I've Seen The Coliseum In Rome And The Acropolis! I Made The Biggest Blunder In The World! Because I've Never Seen Anything Quite Like This!
I'm Down To Earth! I'll Tell You Straight! I Could Tell You Stories That Would Fascinate You! I Know The Trade! I Know The Tricks! I Once Bought An Elephant For Two Pounds Six! Two Pounds Six! Taught It Tricks!
But For Your Pushmi-Pullyu I'd Pay...
Three Pounds!......
Four Pounds!......
Five!
Cos I've Never Seen Anything Like It That's Alive!
An' I'll tell you what! - I'll even pay cash!........Cash, d'you hear?
Dolittle: I'm afraid five pounds wasn't exactly what I had in mind...... You see, Mr Blossom......
Blossom: Call me Albert
Dolittle: Albert, you see...
Pushmi-Pulyus Are Remarkable Creatures Of All God's Animals, They're The Cleverest! They Develop These Remarkable Features Running Up And Down Mount Everest!
Everybody: No!
Dolittle: Yes! It's Absolutely True! Running Up And Down Mount Everest!
You See......
Running Up And Down A Mountain Gives Them Very Nimble Feet
Blossom: Put 'Em On The Right Rope They Could Walk A Tightrope! That'd Give The Audience A Rare Old Treat!
Dolittle: And This Extreme Agility Begets A Rare Ability Shared Only With The Mountain Goats Of France The Pushmi-Pullyu Loves To Dance!
Blossom: I Mean What Can You Say? What Can You Do? I Knew Right Away That Folks'll Pay To View It!
I Said To Ted "Ted, Lad", I Said "This Thing's The Biggest Thing Since Home-Made Bread!"
Company: Home-Made Bread!
Blossom: "To Get That Pushmi-Pullyu, I'm Prepared To Sell The Wife!"
Only jokin', Gertie!
Company: Cos He's Never Seen Anything Like It In His Life!
Blossom & Company: No, I've Never Seen Anything Like It! Never Seen Anything Like It! I've Never Seen Anything Like It In All My Life!
Step This Way, Ladies And Gentlemen! Step This Way! Blossom's Mammoth Circus Proudly Presents The Greatest Single Attraction In Circus History! Direct From Mount Everest, The One-The Only The Phenomenal Two-Headed Perfoming Pushmi-Pullyu!
It Lives - It Breathes-It Moves - It Dances! While Goin' In Two Different Directions At Once! An Albert Blossom World Exclusive - Starts Today! - 4 Shows A Day An' 4 On Saturdays!
The Two-Headed Marvel Of The Age Albert Blossom's Amazin' Pushmi-Pullyu! A 2-Headed Treat For All The Family! Bring The Kids, An' Granny An' Granddad! First Show Startin' In 2 Minutes!
Company: I Mean We've Seen Some Shows Lord, Heaven Knows! We've Seen Every Single Thing From This To Ringling!
Big Shows 'N' Small We've Seen 'Em All! Even Seen Performers Who Were Ten Feet Tall! Ten Feet Tall!
And Of Them All We'd Like To Make It Very, Very Clear That We've Never Seen Anything Like What We've Seen Here!
No, We've Never Seen Anything Like It! Never Seen Anything Like It! We've Never Seen Anything Like It In All Our Life!
We've Never Seen Anything Like It! We've Never Seen Anything Like It! We've Never Seen Anything Like It! In All Our Life!
Dolittle: Call me John
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