"Getting to Know You" is a song featured in the 1956 film The King and I sung by Deborah Kerr as Anna Leonowens with vocal by Marni Nixon. Composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II, the song is sung by Anna, a British schoolteacher who has been hired as a governess while she strikes up a warm and affectionate relationship with the children and the wives of the King of Siam.
Lyrics[]
Anna:
It's a very ancient saying
But a true and honest thought
That if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught
As a teacher I've been learning—
You'll forgive me if I boast—
And I've now become an expert
On the subject I like most
Getting to know you!
Getting to know you, getting to know all about you
Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you, putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
All:
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day
Anna & Mothers:
Getting to know you, getting to know all about you
Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you, putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
Anna:
My cup of tea
All:
Children
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
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