Cole Porter
It’s De-Lovely
[BILLY]
The night is young, the skies are clear
And if you wanna go walking, dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
You can tell at a glance
What a swell night this is for romance
You can hear dear Mother Nature murmuring low
"Let yourself go"

So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious
It's delectable, it's delirious
It's dilemma, it's delimit, it's deluxe
It's de-lovely"

[HOPE]
I feel a sudden urge to sing
The kind of ditty that invokes the spring
So control your desire to curse
While I crucify the verse

[BILLY]
This verse you've started seems to me
The tinpantithesis of melody
So spare me, please, the pain
Just skip the damn thing and sing the refrain
[HOPE]
Mi, mi, mi, mi
Re, re, re, re
Do, sol, mi, do, la, si

The night is young, the skies are clear
And if you want to go walking, dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely
You can tell at a glance
What a swell night this is for romance
You can hear dear Mother Nature murmuring low

[BOTH]
"Let yourself go"

So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me

[HOPE]
It's divine, dear

[BILLY]
It's de-vene, dear
[HOPE]
It's de-wunderbar

[BILLY]
It's de-victory

[BOTH]
It's de-velop
It's de-vinner
It's de-voix
It's de-lovely

[Dance interlude.]

[BILLY]
So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious
It's..."

[They kiss.]

[BOTH]
It's de-lovely