Show Synopsis:
Annie Oakley enters a sharpshooting competition and beats the famous Frank Butler, who is amazed to be beaten by a girl. Buffalo Bill asks her to be an act in his traveling circus, and Annie and Frank fall in love on the road. Annie becomes a bigger star than Frank, which hurts his ego and their relationship. They meet after Buffalo Bill's show tour Europe, and decide to get married, but Annie's medals and accolades are too much for Frank. They have one final shooting match to determine the best sharpshooter, which ends in a tie. 

Character:
Annie Oakley, a young woman who has grown up in the country with her family and is exceptionally talented at shooting; she is rough, uneducated, and naïve about most things in life; very proud.
Frank Butler, a cocky sharpshooter with an eye for pretty women; very proud and a bit pompous.

Song Context:
Annie and Frank are on the train together, and have started to realize their feelings for each other. They talk about what they have heard about love without explicitly declaring their feelings for each other.

Fun Facts:
1) The role of Annie Oakley was written for Ethel Merman, who was passed over for the role when it was adapted to film. The role eventually went to Betty Hutton. 
2) This musical is based on real life accounts of Annie Oakley, a female sharpshooter who toured with Buffalo Bill's show and married her costar Frank Butler. 
3) This musical had the longest Broadway run out of any of Irving Berlin's musicals.