"I want my picture took"

There's a Hewlett Packard ad on TV with a song, "I want my picture took/
What do I have to do to get my picture took..." It sounds kinda
1950's -ish, from some musical or movie, the singer sounds a little like
Mary Martin but isn't. Can anyone identify this song?

No help on the web, just some people complaining in blogs that it's
annoying. One of them complains about the improper grammer being a bad
example!! (Would probably complain about She Done Him Wrong)

Eric Stott
(Not Eric Grayson- can't possibly hope to measure up to that standard)

It's "I'd Like My Picture Took" from Irving Berlin's 1949 Broadway
musical "Miss Liberty." Might be from the original cast album.


I'd like my picture took
What do I have to do to get my picture took?
Who do I have to be to get my picture took with you?

I'd like to spark with you
Having a plate develop in the dark with you
Nothing I wouldn't do to get my picture took with you

Me sittin' down, you standin' up
Lookin' at the birdie will be fun
Hands in my lap, yours on your chest
Just like Napoleon

And someday we'll take a look
Into a fam'ly album or a mem'ry book
'Stead of a boring evening, we'll be laughing at
The picture that I took with you


Eric Stott wrote:
> There's a Hewlett Packard ad on TV with a song, "I want my picture took/
> What do I have to do to get my picture took..." It sounds kinda
> 1950's -ish, from some musical or movie, the singer sounds a little like
> Mary Martin but isn't. Can anyone identify this song?
>
> No help on the web, just some people complaining in blogs that it's
> annoying. One of them complains about the improper grammer being a bad
> example!! (Would probably complain about She Done Him Wrong)
>
> Eric Stott
> (Not Eric Grayson- can't possibly hope to measure up to that standard)