I Cain't Say No
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- For many men of a certain age, a girl whose vocabulary is as limited as this is something they dream about, but there are no real sexual innuendoes in this song from the 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! as it is set in 1906.
The fourth number in the show, it is sung by Ado Annie to her friend. >>Suggestion credit:
Alexander Baron - London, England
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