„Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)” - piosenka skomponowana przez Irvinga Berlina do musicalu Annie Get Your Gun z 1946 roku na Broadwayu. W piosence jeden wokalista i jedna piosenkarka próbują prześcignąć się w coraz bardziej złożonych zadaniach.
W musicalu piosenka ustawia scenę dla kulminacyjnego konkursu strzelców wyborowych między Annie Oakley i Frankiem Butlerem. Jego najbardziej pamiętne wersety to: "Anything you can do, I can do better; I can do anything better than you". Piosenka została po raz pierwszy wykonana w Annie Get Your Gun przez Ethel Merman i Raya Middletona.
W trakcie piosenki żartobliwie kłócą się o to, kto może np. śpiewać ciszej, wyżej, słodko i dłużej utrzymać nutę, a także chwalą się swoimi umiejętnościami i osiągnięciami, takimi jak otwieranie sejfów i żywienie się chlebem i serem, chociaż Annie prawie zawsze wydaje się przeciwstawiać argumentowi Franka. Ale też nie można „upiec ciasta”.
Piosenka ta jest wykonana podwójnie w programie The Muppet Show: w odcinku 22 sezonu pierwszego przez Ethel Merman i pannę Piggy (z pozostałymi Muppetami artystka wykonuje inne piosenki: "You're the Top", "Friendship", "De Lovely", "Together Wherever We Go", "You're Just in Love" i "Mutual Admiration Society") oraz w piątym odcinku trzeciego sezonu przez Gonzo i Floyda Peppera.
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Anything you can do - Ethel Merman
… And now little lady, if you'll kindly step up to the parapet
I'll give you a lesson in marksmanship
You couldn't give me a lesson in long distance spittin'
… Anything you can do, I can do better
I can do any thing better than you
… No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can, yes I can
Muppet Songs- Ethel Merman - Medley of Duets
… Anything you can be I can be greater
Sooner or later, I'm greater than you
… No, you're not, yes I am
No, you're not, yes I am
No, you're not, yes I am, yes I am
… I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge
I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow
I can live on bread and cheese
And only on that? Yes, so can a rat
Wcale nie, ależ tak (Anything You Can Do - Polish cover) Jarek Oberbek, Natalia Piotrowska-Paciorek
… Any note you can reach, I can go higher
I can sing anything higher than you
… No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
… Anything you can buy, I can buy cheaper
I can buy anything cheaper than you
… Fifty cents, forty cents
Thirty cents, twenty cents
No, you can't, yes, I can, yes I can
… Anything you can say I can say softer
I can say anything softer than you
… No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can, yes, I can
… I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker
I can do it quicker and get even sicker
I can open any safe
Without bein' caught? Sure
That's what I thought, you crook
… Any note you can hold I can hold longer
I can hold any note longer than you
… No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
Yes, you can
… Anything you can wear I can wear better
In what you wear I'd look better than you
… In my coat? In your vest
In my shoes? In your hat
No, you can't, yes, I can, yes, I can
… Anything you say I can say faster
I can say anything faster than you
… No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
… I can jump a hurdle, I can wear a girdle
I can knit a sweater, I can fill it better
I can do most anything, Can you bake a pie? No
Neither can I
… Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter
I can sing anything sweeter than you
… No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, oh yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, yes, I can
No, you can't, can't, can't
Yes, I can, can, can
Yes, I can
No, you can't