LET'S BEGIN
fr "Roberta" musical '33 NY sb George Murphy & film '35 
sb Fred Astaire & Candy Candido

Jerome Kern (m) Dorothy Fields (l) Otto Harbach (l)  1933

as rec by Fred Astaire & Candy Candido w The RKO Studio Orch cond by Max Steiner  1935

also rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Nelson Riddle & his Orch  '63


[fa]
Now that you've got me goin',
Whatcha gonna do?
Is it up to me
Or is it up to you?
What kind of game is this that we've begun?
Was it done
just for fun?
Don't forget,
Since we met,
There's no reason for bayin' regret!

[fa]
Oh, is this to be a case
Of fall and then I fell,
Kiss and never tell,
Folly and farewell?
Which is goin' to be?
Might have been,
Lose or win,
Let's begin,
I'm here to tell ya, let's begin!

[cc]
Now that you've got me goin',
Whatcha gonna do?
Is it up to me
Or is it up to you?
[fa]
What kind of game is this that we've begun?
Was it done
just for fun?
[cc]
No!
[fa]
Realise
That I'm wise,
And please stop rollin' those big blue eyes!

[cc]
Is this to be a case
Of fall and then I fell,
Kiss and never tell,
Folly and farewell?
Which is goin' to be?
Might have been,
Let's begin,
[both]
Let's begin!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)