IT'S DE-LOVELY
From : Anything Goes
Cole Porter


(BILLY)
The night is young, the skies are clear 
So if you want to go walking, dear, 
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely. 
I understand the reason why 
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I, 
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely. 
You can tell at a glance 
What a swell night this is for romance, 
You can hear dear Mother Nature 
Murmuring low, 
"Let yourself go!" 
So please be sweet, my chickadee, 
And when I kiss you, just say to me, 
"It's delightful, it's delicious, 
It's delectable, it's delirious, 
It's dilemma, it's delimit, it's deluxe, 
It's de-lovely". 

(HOPE)
I feel a sudden urge to sing 
The kind of ditty that invokes the spring. 

(BILLY)
I'll control my desire to curse 
While you crucify the verse. 

(HOPE)
This verse I started seems to me 
The Tin-Pantithesis of a melody, 

(BILLY)
So spare us all the pain, 
Just skip the darn thing and sing the refrain... 

(HOPE)
Mi, mi, mi, mi, 
Re, re, re, re, 
Do, sol, mi, do, la, si. 

The night is young, the skies are clear 
So if you want to go walking, dear, 
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely. 
I understand the reason why 
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I, 
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely. 
You can tell at a glance 
What a swell night this is for romance, 
You can hear dear Mother Nature 
Murmuring low, 
"Let yourself go!" 

(BILLY)
So please be sweet, my chickadee, 
And when I kiss you, just say to me, 
"It's delightful, it's delicious, 
It's...It's de-lovely".

******

as rec by Frances Day w The London Hippodrome Orch 
cond by Geraldo  Sep 7th 1938 London


I've got the sudden urge to sing
The kind of ditty that invokes the Spring,
So curb your emotions to curse
While I crucify the verse!

The verse I've started seems to me
The tin pan thesis of melody,
So to spare you any pain
I'll skip the darned thing and sing the refrain!

Doh-doh-doh-doh-doh!
Rae-rae-rae-rae-rae!
Oh, take it away!

The night is young, the moon is clear,
And if you'd like to go walking dear, 
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely!

I understand the reason why 
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I, 
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely!
 
You can see at a glance 
What a swell night this is for romance, 
You can hear dear Mother Nature whispering low, 
"Let yourself go!"

So please be sweet, my chickadee, 
And when I kiss you just say to me, 
"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delirious, it's delectable, 
It's dilemma, de-limit, deluxe, de top, it's de-lovely!". 

Time marches on, and soon it's plain
You won my heart and I've lost my brain,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely!

Life seems so sweet and we decide
It's in the bag, we'll get unified,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely!

See the crowd in the church,
See the proud parson up on his perch,
Get the sweet beat of that organ breathing our doom,
Here goes the groom!

And how they cheer, and how they smile,
As we go galloping down the aisle,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delirious, it's delectable, 
It's dilemma, de-limit, deluxe, de top, it's de-lovely!". 




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2011)