Woo
You come on like a dream
Peaches and cream
Lips like strawberry wine
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine (ooh, mine all mine)

You're all ribbons and curls (ooh)
Ooh, what a girl (ooh)
Eyes that sparkle and shine (ooh)
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine (ooh)
Mine all mine, mine, mine, mine

You're my baby, you're my pet (ooh wah, wah)
We fell in love on the night we met (ooh wah, wah, wah)
You touched my hand, my heart went pop (ooh)
Ooh, when we kissed I could not stop (ooh)

You walked out of my dreams, and into my arms (ahh)
Now you're my angel divine (ahh)
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)

You're my baby, you're my pet (ooh wah, wah, wah)
We fell in love on the night we met (ooh, we fell in love)
You touched my hand, my heart went pop (ooh what a night, ooh what a night)
Ooh, when we kissed I could not stop (ooh-ooh)

You walked out of my dreams, and into my car (ahh)
Now you're my angel divine
You're sixteen, you're beautiful, and you're mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)
You're sixteen, you're beautiful, and you're mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)
You're sixteen, so beautiful, and you're mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)
All mine, all mine, all mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)
All mine, all mine, all mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)

All mine, all mine, all mine (ooh wah, wah, wah)
All mine, all mine, all mine (ooh wah, wah, wah) (I shouldn't love you, but I do)
You are- (ooh wah, wah, wah)

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?


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You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine) Lyrics as written by Robert Sherman Richard Sherman

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    why the hell doesnt anybody post for ringo?! i love this song!

    fixerupperon June 22, 2004   Link
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    Nice, simple, fun song. When I sing it to myself though I change "You're sixteen..." to "You're a tween..."

    gldudeon June 23, 2006   Link
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    I didn't really know that he was the one who sings this...I've known this since I was a child.

    bear_hug20on September 16, 2008   Link
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    This song strikes me as almost a little bit creepy, because I picture a grown man singing this to a sixteen-year-old girl. He sort of emphasizes how young she is (peaches and cream, ribbons and curls) and is pretty possessive (you're mine, you're my pet). The last line is "you are mine," and it's kind of...aaagh. Am I overthinking things? Probably.

    kaeorinon October 10, 2010   Link
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    I feel like he wrote this song in the 50s... that is why he is singing about a 16 year old girl

    jhirsch99on January 26, 2015   Link

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