we're covering today is 'My Funny Valentine. \" All right. This song has been

sung by a lot of singers both male and female singers. Maybe one of the most

notable might be Frank Sinatra. I think Louis Armstrong, but really both of them

have sang it. So it's been both sung by you know, like with a male kind of a male

version and a female version of it too. But the lyrics could really cover both.

Anyway let's take a look at the note. here. This song is originally from a

Broadway musical called \"Babes in Arms. \" Okay. The original version was sung by a

woman in regard to a man with the name Valentine. So that's why it was really my

funny Valentine originally. Even though now this is played every year at

Valentines Day and most people most people probably think of it meaning

Valentine and you can take it that way. That's the way a lot of people who did a

remake of it. That's the way they kind of sing it, but anyway, let's continue. The

lyrics were playfully teasing him and pointing out his flaws Things that's not

perfect about him, but basically telling him I love you just the way you are. Okay.

So let's let's go over it and you see why it's a really a pretty good song, and

it's to be honest it's almost perfect for Valentine's Day. It ends up fitting

that way even though it was really meant originally for a man that was supposed

to be cold Valentine. But it's perfect for Valentine's Day. So let's go over it.

Again just like usual I'll read and sing it and we'll cover

any vocabulary that needs to be covered. So it starts like this. My funny

valentine. Sweet comic valentine. You make me smile

with my heart. Your looks are laughable unphotographable. Yet you're my favorite

work of art. All right. So let's go over that. Well now Valentine , mostly when

people hear Valentine you know, we think of it in regard to Valentine's Day. So it

means someone's Valentine is a person you give a Valentine present to on

Valentine's Day. So for the man, the woman is the Valentine, for the woman the man

is the Valentine. We can also refer to the card or the gift on Valentine's Day

as a Valentine. So you know, did you get a Valentine this year ? Even though to be

honest with you I think it's really mostly men that give to women. We have

heard in certain countries like in Japan, I know there's a Valentine's Day

where women have to buy men chocolate too. But in most cases it's really the

guy is the one that has to come up with the gifts , the presents , the chocolates,

the hearts, the flowers, whatever. Okay. Let's continue here. So we say my funny

valentine. Sweet comic valentine. All right. Sweet so if we say someone is sweet he or she

makes you have a pleasant feeling, usually because they are kind , gentle or

nice to be with. Yeah. Basically, Then we say somebody is really sweet. You know,

your daughter is sweet. He's a sweet man. She's a sweet woman. Okay. Sweet comic.

Comic really just means funny. So if we say sweet comic valentine. So maybe

originally he was a funny guy. You make me smile with my heart.

All right. so of course she, she loves him. Basically, she feels good you know, her

heart feels good maybe when he's around. Your looks are laughable. I'm not quite

sure this one's a compliment. Laughable could mean very silly or causing someone

to laugh. Yes. So you say your looks are laughable. So I'm not quite sure that's a

compliment. They're unphotographable. Well. Unphotographable could have a couple of meanings.

First it could mean unworthy of a photograph. Maybe, maybe he's not really

all that handsome of a guy. Or very difficult to catch in a photo

too, So sometimes we mean that too, That's something could be unphotographable.

You just can't quite catch it right. You can't right catch the quality that you

wanted to catch in the photograph. In that sense it could be unphotograblable.

Okay. Even though, here maybe she does mean that he's not that attractive.

I don't know. Unphotographable. Yet you're my favorite work of art. Well obviously

she loves him. Even again but this kind of idea is going throughout the song . That

even though, he's not perfect. He's still kind of perfect to her.

You know or vice versa. If this is a guy singing about a girl. You're my favorite

work of art. So you know, you you look perfect to me

basically. Is your figure ... All right. So this is the next part. Is your figure

less than Greek ? Is your mouth a little weak ? When you open it to speak are you

smart ? All right. So let's go on. Figure, figure mean shape. You know, is

your figure less than Greek ? All right. Figure meaning like the shape of

somebody's body. So maybe he doesn't have the perfect body either. I don't know is

your figure less than Greek ? All right Greek. Greek you know,, of relating to

ancient or modern Greece its people or its language. Probably this line is

probably thinking of like you know the old Greek art , you know , maybe like

Adonis or something. Somebody some statue of some muscular sort of a guy. So I

think she means it in that sense. That you know, your figure is less than Greek. So it's kind of a nice way of saying you don't probably have that good a figure.

It's less than you know, perfect you know, muscular

Adonis, you know, maybe Hercules or something. Something along that

line. So is your figure less than Greek ? Is

your mouth a little weak ? All right. Weak, a weak facial feature we

might say this is small and suggests poor character. Yeah we might often say

like somebody could have a weak chin. For example, if you have a weak chin it's

kind of like your chin just kind of disappears some people might have a chin

like that it just kind of disappears and goes in really quickly. Here they say

mouth. She's probably means more like lips maybe he has small lips. Maybe she

doesn't think that's really you know very desirable. But yet again, she still

loves him. Is your mouth a little weak ? Well just like we said here. The original

one. There she's pointing out his flaws. Is your mouth a little weak ? When you

open it to speak. Are you smart ? Oh I don't know that she needs a question

that ? She questions she might still be teasing him here. Are you smart ?

But anyway, but no matter all of this stuff. We go to the next verse and she

says, but don't change a hair for me. Not if you care for me. Stay my little

Valentine's stay. Because each day is Valentine's Day.

All right. So don't change a hair for me. Just like we say here. Don't change hair for

me means don't change anything at all. A hair , only one little hair you if you

don't want to change that. It means you want don't want to change anything. So

even though you have a lot of these flaws. In my eyes, you're still perfect

the way you are. .Don't change anything So don't change a hair for me. Not if you

care for me, meaning you know , because you know I love you just the way you are.

If you change you know, it may not be the same. Stay my little Valentine's stay. Because each

day is Valentine's Day. I guess she's trying to

say that you know maybe he makes her feel like every day is Valentine's Day.

Because you know a lot of course Valentine's Day supposed to be a special

day, especially for women. You know, getting gifts and maybe a man is

supposed to show his love for women on that day. But again , so anyway after

that they both, they basically just repeat the two different choruses again.

So there's really no more new vocabulary. They just repeat you know, is your figure

less than Greek ? Is your mouth a little weak ? So it repeats like those sort of

choruses and then it also repeats again you know, but don't change a hair for me.

So that's pretty much it. With the lyrics, but again this is kind of a it's , it's a

classic song. Sung by a lot of people and it's really it's kind of a perfect

Valentine's Day song too. So anyway, I hope you got it. I hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.