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You are my fav'rite star,
My haven in heaven above,
You are ev'rything I love.
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Some Argentines, without means, do it,
People say, in Boston, even beans do it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
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I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
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And when they ask us, how dangerous it was,
Oh, we'll never tell them, no, we'll never tell them:
We spent our pay in some café
And fought wild women night and day,
'Twas the cushiest job we ever had.
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This rule I propose,
Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at
Having an ace some place private. Always have an ace in the hole.
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But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion.
Yes I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.
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I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop But if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top.
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Too bad, I'm no poet,
I happen to know it, But anyway
Here's a roundelay
I wrote last night about you...
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Be the poor silly ass
And you'll always travel first class.
Give 'em quips, give 'em fun,
And they'll pay to say you're A–1.
If you become a farmer, you've the weather to buck.
If become a gambler you'll be struck with your luck.
But jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck.
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.
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Relax for a moment my Jerry
Come out of your dark monastery
While Venus is beaming above.
Darling, let's talk about love.
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She: Have you heard it's in the stars,
Next July we collide with Mars?
He: well, did you evah! What a swell party this is.
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You're the pain in my —
The hurricane in my —
Supersensitive heart, dear.
Still I love you, I know,
And the reason is merely because
You irritate me so!
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There's no love song finer,
But how strange the change from major to minor
Every time we say goodbye.
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In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, Heaven knows,
Anything goes.
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Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above.
Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
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When they begin the Beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendour,
It brings back a memory ever green.
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Love for sale,
Appetizing young love for sale.
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled,
Love that's only slightly soiled,
Love for sale.
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In shallow shoals, English soles do it
Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it.
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If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs …
Love for sale.
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You'd be so nice to come home to
You'd be so nice by the fire...
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You all have learned reliance
On the sacred teachings of Science,
So I hope, through life, you will never decline
In spite of philistine
Defiance
To do what all good scientists do.
Experiment.
Make it your motto day and night.
Experiment
And it will lead you to the light.
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Wear the cap and the bells
And you'll rate all the great swells.
If you become a doctor, folks'll face you with dread.
If you become a dentist, they'll be glad when you're dead.
You get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head.
Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.
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So kiss me Kate,
Thou lovely loon,
E'er we start on our honeymoon.
Oh, kiss me, Kate, Darling devil divine,
For now thou shall ever be mine.
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He said my bronchial tubes were entrancing,
My epiglottis filled him with glee,
He simply loved my larynx
And went wild about my pharynx,
But he never said he loved me.
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So goodbye dear, and Amen,
Here's hoping we meet now and then,
It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things.
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Born:
June 9, 1891
Died:
October 15, 1964
(aged 73)
Bio:
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre.
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