ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?
From the film "Love me Tonight" (1932)
(Music: Richard Rodgers / Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
Jeanette MacDonald & Maurice Chevalier (Film Soundtrack) - 1932
Harold Stern & His Orch. (vocal: Bill Smith) - 1932
Jeanette MacDonald - 1932
Tom Berwick & The Ritz-Carlton Orch. (vocal: Rex Blaine) - 1932
Ambrose & The Mayfair Hotel Orch. - 1932
Marcia Ralston (feat. in the film "Call It A Day") - 1937
Rudy Vallee (feat. in the film "The Palm Beach Story") - 1942
Perry Como - 1946
Chet Baker (Instr.) - 1954
Oscar Peterson (Instr.) - 1954
Mel Tormé (with Al Pellegrini's Orch.) - 1955
Shorty Rogers & His Giants (Instr.) - 1955
The Harry Arnold Orch. (Instr.) - 1955
Stanley Black & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1956
Ella Fitzgerald - 1956
Dolores Gray - 1957
Paul Weston & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1957
Maurice Chevalier - 1958
Sydney Lipton & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1958
Jeri Southern (with Johnny Smith) - 1958
Carmen McRae - 1959
Peggy Lee & George Shearing - 1959
Mary Martin - 1959
Joni James - 1960
Peter Nero (Instr.) - 1962
Betty Carter - 1964
Johnny Hartman - 1966
Jack Jones - 1968
Michael Dees (feat. in the film "Day Of The Locust") - 1975
Bobby Short - 1976
Shirley Horn - 1987
Carmen McRae & Betty Carter - 1987
Michael Feinstein - 1988
Robert Lindsay (feat. in the film "Bert Rigby, You're A Fool") - 1989
Roberta Flack - 1994
Ann Farholt - 1994
Ernestine Anderson - 1998
Toni Tennille - 2001
Carolyn Leonhart - 2002
Beegie Adair Trio (Instr.) - 2002
Steve Tyrell - 2003
Rod Stewart - 2004
Johnny Mathis - 2005
Ann Hampton Callaway (feat. in the film "Last Holiday") - 2006
Jane Olivor - 2008
Also recorded by:
Al Haig Trio; Bob Brookmeyer Quartet; Teddy Wilson; Hildegarde;
Joe Bushkin; Sylvia Syms; The Hi-Lo's; Patti Page & Vic Damone;
Bill Evans Trio; Pasadena Roof Orch.; Tony Bennett; Ruby Braff;
ustav Winckler; Miles Davis; Jack Marshall Sextette; Mantovani;
Ray Martin & His Piccadilly Strings; Glenn Miller; Tal Farlow;
Chita Rivera; Art Tatum; Coleman Hawkins......and many others.
As performed by MAURICE CHEVALIER and JEANETTE MacDONALD
in the 1932 film "Love Me Tonight":
CHEVALIER:
My face is glowing, I'm energetic
The art of sewing I find poetic
My needle punctuates the rhythm of romance
I don't give a stitch if I don't get rich
A custom tailor who has no custom
Is like a sailor, no one will trust 'em
But there is magic in the music of my shears
I shed no tears, lend me your ears
Isn't it romantic
Soon I will have found some girl that I adore
Isn't it romantic
While I sit around, my love can scrub the floor
She'll kiss me every hour or she'll get the sack
And when I take a shower, she can scrub my back
Isn't it romantic
On a moonlight night she'll cook me onion soup
Kiddies are romantic
And if we don't fight, we soon will have a troupe
We'll help the population
It's a duty that we owe to France
Isn't it romance?
MacDONALD:
Isn't it romantic
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard
Isn't it romantic
That a hero might appear and say the word
Brought by a secret charm or by my heart's command
My prince will ride in armour just to kiss my hand
Isn't it romantic
He will hear my call and bend his royal knee
Isn't it romantic
He'll be strong and tall and yet a slave to me
Sweet lover of my fancy
We welcome tonight, to love perchance
Isn't it romance?
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As recorded by JEANETTE MacDONALD:
I've never met you, yet never doubt, dear
I can't forget you, I've thought you out, dear
I know your profile and I know the way you kiss
Just the thing I miss on a night like this
If dreams are made of imagination
I'm not afraid of you, my creation
Without a blush I give my lips for you to take
Why should I quake, I'm not awake
Isn't it romantic
How I know your voice, a dream that can be heard
Isn't it romantic
Can I help rejoice at each endearing word
Brought by a secret charm or by my heart's command
Your life will be an honour just to kiss my hand
Isn't it romantic
You will hear my call and bend your royal knee
Isn't it romantic
You're so straight and tall and yet made for me
Sweet lover of my fancy
Will you ever come tonight perchance
Isn't it romance?
(Orchestral Interlude)
Sweet lover of my fancy
Will you ever come tonight, to love perchance
Isn't it romance?
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As recorded by REX BLAINE with
TOM BERWICK & THE RITZ-CARLTON ORCH.:
Isn't it romantic
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard
Isn't it romantic
Moving shadows write the oldest magic word
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is saying you were meant for love
Isn't it romantic
Merely to be young on such a night as this
Isn't it romantic
Every note that's sung is like a lover's kiss
Sweet symbols in the moonlight
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance
Isn't it romance?
(Orchestral Interlude)
Isn't it romantic
Soon I will have found some girl that I adore
Isn't it romantic
While I sit around, my love can scrub the floor
She'll kiss me every hour or she'll get the sack
And when I take a shower, she can scrub my back
Now, isn't that romantic
On a moonlight night she'll cook me onion soup
Kiddies are romantic
And if we don't fight, we soon will have a troupe
We'll help the population
It's a duty that we owe to dear old France
Isn't it romance?
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As recorded by MEL TORMÉ:
I've never met you, yet never doubt, dear
I can't forget you, I've thought you out, dear
I know your profile and I know the way you kiss
Just the thing I miss on a night like this
If dreams are made of imagination
I'm not afraid of my own creation
With all my heart, my heart is here for you to take
Why should I quake, I'm not awake
Isn't it romantic
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard
Isn't it romantic
Moving shadows write the oldest magic word
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is saying you were meant for love
Isn't it romantic
Merely to be young on such a night as this
Isn't it romantic
Every note that's sung is like a lover's kiss
Sweet symbols in the moonlight
Do you think that we could fall in love perchance
Isn't it romance?
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)
