You Can Have Him

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"You Can Have Him"
Song
Published1949
Songwriter(s) Irving Berlin

"You Can Have Him" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1949 musical Miss Liberty , where it was introduced by Allyn McLerie and Mary McCarty.

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