BEGIN THE BEGUINE
From the musical "Jubilee"
(Cole Porter)

Recorded by:
Larry Adler; The Andrews Sisters; Ray Anthony; Chet Atkins;
Mildred Bailey; Tony Bennett; Pat Boone; Boston Pops Orch.; 
Les Brown & his Band of Renown; Cab Calloway; Perry Como; 
Ray Conniff; Bing Crosby; Bob Crosby's Bobcats; Xavier Cugat; 
Vic Damone; Sammy Davis Jr.; Jimmie Dorsey; Nelson Eddy; 
Percy Faith; Robert Farnon; Eddie Fisher; Ella Fitzgerald; 
Jane Froman; Erroll Garner; Geraldo; George Gershwin; 
Dizzy Gillespie; Dick Haymes; Ted Heath; Chick Henderson; 
Leslie Hutchinson; Julio Inglesias; Harry James; 
Gordon Jenkins; Tom Jones; Danny Kaye; Stan Kenton; 
Andre Kostelanetz; Gene Krupa; Mario Lanza; Syd Lawrence; 
Liberace; Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians; 
Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers; Mantovani; 
Manuel & his Music of the Mountains; Tony Martin; 
Al Martino; Johnny Mathis; Glenn Miller; Vaughn Monroe;
Hugo Montenegro; Moonlight Serenaders; Red Norvo; 
Charlie Parker; Les Paul; Cole Porter; Louis Prima;
Django Reinhardt; Artie Shaw; Anne Shelton; 
Victor Sylvester; Frank Sinatra; Jo Stafford; Art Tatum;
Richard Tauber; Jack Teagarden; Nino Tempo; 
Caterina Valente; Dionne Warwick; Paul Whiteman;
Andy Williams; ..... and many more.


When they begin the beguine 
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendour,
It brings back a memory evergreen.

I’m with you once more under the stars,
And down by the shore an orchestra’s playing 
And even the palms seem to be swaying
When they begin the beguine.

To live it again is past all endeavour,
Except when that tune clutches my heart,
And there we are, swearing to love forever,
And promising never, never to part.

What moments divine, what rapture serene,
Till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted,
And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted,
I know but too well what they mean;

So don’t let them begin the beguine 
Let the love that was once a fire remain an ember;
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember 
When they begin the beguine.

Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play 
Till the stars that were there before return above you,
Till you whisper to me once more,
"Darling, I love you!"
And we suddenly know, what heaven we’re in,
When they begin the beguine