I'll Share It All With You Lyrics
I'll Share It All With You
Tommy:What is mine dear will be yours
When the sunshines and when it pours
Summer winter fall or spring
Fifty-fifty in ev'rything
Haven't got much even that much to my name
Fortune's door shut can't get in
but just the same
My ear for music, my feet for dancing
My lips for kissing
I'll share it all with you
My sense of humor, my disposition
My rosy future
I'll share it all with you
Tommy + Ensemble:
Someday honey I'll (he'll) have money
You know what that brings
Furs and diamond rings
Tommy:
And besides those things there'll be
My (His) Winnie: ear for music
My (His) Winnie: feet for dancing
My (His) Winnie: lips for kissing
I'll share it all with you
Ensemble:
I'll share it all Woo
I'll share it all Woo
I'll share it all with you
Song Overview
"I'll Share It All With You" is the show stepping away from its headline rivalry to check on the supporting couple. Irving Berlin writes Winnie and Tommy as the people who do not have to win anything to feel alive. Their duet is domestic without being small: it offers affection as a practical contract, a cheerful inventory of what a life together might include, even if the bank account is thin.
Review and Highlights
Quick summary
- Work: Annie Get Your Gun (opened on Broadway May 16, 1946) - stage musical
- Where it appears: Act I, after "Moonshine Lullaby" in the original 1946 number list
- Usual singers: Winnie Tate and Tommy Keeler
- Stage job: gives the musical a second love story that feels lighter than Annie and Frank, and more stable
Annie Get Your Gun (1946) - stage musical - not a show-within-the-show act. Winnie and Tommy are not selling Buffalo Bill to the crowd here. They are selling themselves to each other, and the number works best when it feels like two people getting a private minute in a noisy touring life.
Berlin builds the charm from lists and little boasts: what I have, what I can do, what I am willing to offer. That is a classic musical-comedy move, but it is also character logic. Winnie and Tommy live among performers and hustlers, so they talk about love like a deal, except the deal is sweet. No tricks. Just a shared future sketched in quick, singable phrases.
Key takeaways
- Function: a supporting-couple duet that brightens Act I and softens the score's competitive edge
- Sound: a buoyant "medium jump" feel that stays light on its feet
- Story effect: it contrasts with Annie and Frank, whose romance is tangled up with pride and publicity
Creation History
The number is part of Berlin's 1946 score, and production records list it for Winnie Tate and Tommy Keeler in the original Broadway version. Later editions reshaped the show: the 1966 Lincoln Center revival removed the Tommy-Winnie subplot and cut both "I'll Share It All With You" and "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" As stated in a Masterworks Broadway essay, the song also had a curious recording-life twist: it was not included on certain early albums even when other supporting material was.
Song Meaning and Annotations
Plot
Act I has already established the touring show world, the rivalry between Annie and Frank, and the way Buffalo Bill's business turns talent into a product. Winnie and Tommy sit adjacent to that machine. Their song arrives as a pocket of warmth: a reminder that not everyone in this circus is chasing the spotlight. Some people are chasing a partner.
Song Meaning
The meaning is in the title's promise. The duet frames love as shared ownership of tiny pleasures and ordinary skills: dancing, laughing, cooking, staying kind when money is scarce. It is a declaration that intimacy is not a prize you win after success. It is the resource that helps you survive the road to success.
Annotations
Original Broadway listings assign the duet to Winnie Tate and Tommy Keeler, placing it in Act I among the show's major titles.Production record detail, rewritten
That placement is strategic. By the time the song arrives, the audience has had swagger, rivalry, and recruiting anthems. A compact duet resets the ear, and it also gives the evening another axis of romance that is not all about who is the better shot.
The 1966 revival removed the Tommy-Winnie storyline and cut their songs, including this one.Revision history detail, rewritten
Cuts like this are rarely only about length. They change the score's social balance. When Winnie and Tommy disappear, the show leans harder into the headline couple and the business apparatus around them. Some productions prefer that focus. Others miss the side-story tenderness.
Style and rhythm
This is Berlin writing with a spring in the knee. A "medium jump tempo" keeps the lyric conversational and the mood playful, without tipping into novelty. In performance, the duet can read as flirtation, but the best readings also keep the subtext of commitment. The song is light, not careless.
Technical Information (Quick Facts)
- Song: I'll Share It All With You
- Artist: stage and cast recordings vary
- Featured: Winnie Tate; Tommy Keeler
- Composer: Irving Berlin
- Producer: varies by recording/label
- Release Date: written for the 1946 stage premiere; widely available via later cast recordings and compilations
- Genre: musical theater
- Instruments: voice and orchestra (or piano in recital settings)
- Label: varies (example: Angel Records for the 1999 Broadway cast album)
- Mood: upbeat, affectionate, partner-to-partner
- Length: about 1 minute 43 seconds on the 1999 Broadway cast album listings
- Track #: often listed as track 6 on the 1999 Broadway cast album
- Language: English
- Album (if any): Annie Get Your Gun (The 1999 New Broadway Cast Recording)
- Music style: duet with "jump" feel and list-driven lyric
- Poetic meter: accentual, speech-shaped (comic stresses over strict classical meter)
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who sings "I'll Share It All With You" in the original Broadway version?
- Winnie Tate and Tommy Keeler.
- Where is it placed in the 1946 list of musical numbers?
- In Act I, following "Moonshine Lullaby" and before "Ballyhoo" in the standard published sequence.
- Is it performed as part of Buffalo Bill's show-within-the-show?
- No. It functions as a character duet rather than an in-story attraction.
- Why does the lyric focus on sharing small things?
- It frames commitment as practical generosity, which suits supporting characters living inside a touring economy.
- Why did some productions cut it?
- When the Tommy-Winnie subplot is removed, their numbers go with it. The 1966 revival is a documented example.
- Is it on the 1999 Broadway cast recording?
- Yes. Track listings place it at about 1 minute 43 seconds.
- How should actors play the tone?
- Keep it brisk and sincere. It reads best as two people flirting through logistics, not as a gag song.
- What is the dramatic value in a score full of bigger showpieces?
- It provides contrast. When the show returns to the headline rivalry, the audience remembers that love can be uncomplicated too.
Additional Info
This duet has a fascinating "present but missing" history on recordings. A Masterworks Broadway essay points out that some early albums skipped it even while including other supporting-character material, a reminder that cast albums were shaped by marketing ideas about who the star was and what buyers wanted. The result is that the song sometimes feels like a discovery in later complete editions and revival recordings.
In the paper trail, the song is solidly anchored to 1946 sheet music publishing, and library collection indexes list it among Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun titles from that year. That matters for performers: it tells you the song was meant to be part of the score's core texture, not a later patch.
Key Contributors
| Entity | Type | Relation (S-V-O) |
|---|---|---|
| Irving Berlin | Person | Berlin wrote the music and lyrics for the duet. |
| Winnie Tate | Person | Winnie sings the duet as a promise of shared life with Tommy. |
| Tommy Keeler | Person | Tommy sings the duet as a reciprocal pledge to Winnie. |
| IBDB | Organization | IBDB lists the song and assigns it to Winnie and Tommy in the original production record. |
| Masterworks Broadway | Organization | Masterworks Broadway published commentary noting recording omissions for this song. |
How to Sing I'll Share It All With You
The score wants buoyancy, not belting heroics. A widely used sheet-music listing places the song in Eb major with a vocal range of D4 to Eb5, marked as a medium jump tempo with a metronome around eighth note equals 80. Treat it like light-footed dialogue that happens to rhyme.
- Tempo first: set the groove and speak the lyric in rhythm. The song reads best when the words feel tossed off, not labored.
- Diction: keep consonants crisp, especially on the list items. The charm is in how quickly the couple can offer the next detail.
- Breath: take small, quick refills. Avoid big inhalations that break the flirtation.
- Blend: aim for a matched color on unison or close harmony. Winnie and Tommy should sound like they agree before they finish agreeing.
- Dynamic shape: keep it lively and build only where the lyric turns from joke to vow.
- Style: keep vowels speech-friendly. This is musical comedy courtship, not operatic declaration.
- Pitfalls: do not rush the end of phrases. Speed is welcome, but clarity is the currency.
Sources
Sources: IBDB production record, Wikipedia musical numbers and revival cut notes, Musicnotes sheet music listing, Masterworks Broadway Peter Filichia essay, Apple Music 1999 cast album metadata, Ovrtur number listing