You Can't Get a Man with a Gun
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"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" is a comic show tune from the classic Irving Berlin musical *Annie Get Your Gun*, humorously highlighting how the heroine’s sharpshooting skills hinder her romantic prospects.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Annie Get Your Gun (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Annie Oakley solo number ⓘ |
| composer | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | Broadway musical production ⓘ |
| genre |
comic song
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasForm | solo song ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later comic songs about gender roles in musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | Tin Pan Alley-influenced show tune ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | "You can't get a man with a gun" ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
gender expectations
ⓘ
marksmanship ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| includedIn | scores and songbooks of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
conflict between femininity and marksmanship
ⓘ
romantic difficulties caused by sharpshooting skills ⓘ |
| lyricist | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musical | Annie Get Your Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableIn | American musical theatre repertoire ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Annie Get Your Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Annie Oakley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedIn | stage productions of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| setInFictionalContext | Buffalo Bill's Wild West show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a woman sharpshooter reflecting on why her gun skills do not attract men ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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humorous ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
voice and orchestra
ⓘ
voice and piano reduction ⓘ |
| writer | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfOrigin | 1946 ⓘ |
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