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When Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen began their collaboration in 1940, Mercer, like Arlen, had several substantial film songs to his credit, among them `` Hooray For Hollywood '', `` Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride '', `` Have You Got Any Castles, Baby??
'', and `` Too Marvelous For Words '' ( all with Richard Whiting ) ; ;
with Harry Warren he did `` The Girl Friend Of The Whirling Dervish '', `` Jeepers Creepers '', and `` You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby ''.
Mercer's lyrics are characterized by an unerring ear for rhythmic nuances, a puckish sense of humor expressed in language with a colloquial flair.
Though versatile and capable of turning out a ballad lyric with the best of them, Mercer's forte is a highly polished quasi-folk wit.
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