WHEN LOVE BECKONED

from "Dubarry Was A Lady" 1939 musical New York
Cole Porter  1939

as recorded by Artie Shaw & his Orchestra 
(vocal - Helen Forrest)  
November 9th 1939


I used to dream
Of a starlighted stream
Where my man and I would first meet,
So try to surmise
My terrific surprise,
When love beckoned in Fifty Second Street!

Oh, I thought a breeze
Would appear in the trees
And sing something tender and sweet,
But how could it sing
With a band playing swing
When love beckoned in Fifty Second Street?

Now when we want to coo,
Country lanes are taboo,
And old West Fifty Two
Is our favourite beach,
When we're on our beach.

So you can bet
I shall never forget
That mad second,
When I first reckoned
That love beckoned
In Fifty Second Street!




(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2013)