RHYME FOR LOVE, A
From the film "College Holiday" (1936)
(Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger)


Johnny Downs & Eleanore Whitney (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Pinky Tomlin - 1936



Honey, you're a little, you're a little malagove
(Now, wait a minute, Pinky, what's a malagove?)
Oh, just a rhyme for love (Oh!)

Dove, shove, glove, above, what am I to do
I'm tired of these old rhymes for love
And I want to sing a song about you

Dove, shove, glove, above, I've got to sing that song
So I'll just make up rhymes for love as I go along

Honey, you're a little, you're a little maladove
What's a maladove? Just a rhyme for love

We could live together in a little alatove
What's an alatove? Just a rhyme for love

Instead of old rhymes like turtle dove or stars above
I'm tryin something new just to get you to say "I do"

We could raise a little, raise a little zaggatove
What's a zaggatove? Just a rhyme for love

(Instrumental Break)

Instead of old rhymes like turtle dove or stars up above
I'm tryin something new just to get you to say "I do"

We could raise a little, raise a little zaggatove
What's a zaggatove? Just a rhyme for mala-agga-zagga
Mala-agga-zagga, lah-dee-didlee-alla-dee-deedah-yen!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)