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[in song] Marian Paroo:
Do you think that I'd allow a common masher - ? Now, really, Mama. I have my standards where men are concerned and I have no intention... Mrs. Paroo:
I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books!
Do you think that I'd allow a common masher - ? Now, really, Mama. I have my standards where men are concerned and I have no intention... Mrs. Paroo:
I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books!
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Do you think that I'd allow A common masher Now really Mama
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I have my standards Where men are concerned
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And I have no intention
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I know all about your standards And if you don't mind my saying so
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There's not a man alive Who could hope to measure up
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To that blend of Paul Bunyan Saint Pat and Noah Webster
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You've concocted for yourself Out of your Irish imagination
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Your lowa stubbornness And your library full of books
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Movie Summary
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.

