From "Begin the Beguine" to "It's Delovely" to "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "I Get a Kick Out of You", here are the complete lyrics to the much-loved songs of Cole Porter--800 songs meant to be hummed, sung, danced to, and remembered. "A record of (Porter's) artistic development and of the time in which he flourished".--Rhoda Koenig, New York Magazine.
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Musical theater historian Robert Kimball is the editor of The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter. He lives in New York City.
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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent reference for any Cole Porter fan or researcher,
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A "must have" for any true Cole Porter fan or music researcher. This collection has the all the lyrics for Cole Porter's almost-1000 songs! Of particular note is an awesome "phrase index" for looking up common phrases and quotes in order to find what song a phrase is from. It also includes copyright information for every song for those who want to quote Cole for whatever reason.
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lyrics for "Rosalie",
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I wish I had known about this book sooner. This is a "must-buy" for anyone serious about Cole's work. What was of greatest interest to me was that all of the lyrics for Cole's 1937 "Rosalie" are included. If you want to read an alternate treatment, recommended is "Rosalie, A Storybook Operetta" with the incomparable lyrics of Cole Porter to move the romance along.
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Sublime,
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Everything about this one is right. Beautiful job. And so elegant which is really so fitting for Cole Porter. I think it's worthy of him. What a joy!
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"When the Summer Moon Comes 'Long" and "Bridget McGuire" are the oldest surviving songs for which Porter wrote music and lyrics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rub your lamp, thuh door, perennial debutantes, roll your bones, vet your pet, wonder taxes, dawn tea, nothing like swimming, gay ride, vigilance conscious, perfect blendship, swell party, love beckoned, complete lyrics, music notebook, bandit band, holiday ride, little lotus, flores frescas, baby tonight, servant dream, little wives, amusement tax, number titled, long last love Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Published November, Ethel Merman, Published October, Les Girls, Published December, Mack the Black, Published February, New Haven, Shubert Theatre, Missus Aouda, Library of Congress, Mamie Magdalin, Published January, The Unpublished Cole Porter, Fred Astaire, Gay Paree, New Jersey, Monty Woolley, Prince Paul, William Gaxton, Clifton Webb, Published April, Published August, Warner Brothers Music New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
"When the Summer Moon Comes 'Long" and "Bridget McGuire" are the oldest surviving songs for which Porter wrote music and lyrics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rub your lamp, thuh door, perennial debutantes, roll your bones, vet your pet, wonder taxes, dawn tea, nothing like swimming, gay ride, vigilance conscious, perfect blendship, swell party, love beckoned, complete lyrics, music notebook, bandit band, holiday ride, little lotus, flores frescas, baby tonight, servant dream, little wives, amusement tax, number titled, long last love Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Published November, Ethel Merman, Published October, Les Girls, Published December, Mack the Black, Published February, New Haven, Shubert Theatre, Missus Aouda, Library of Congress, Mamie Magdalin, Published January, The Unpublished Cole Porter, Fred Astaire, Gay Paree, New Jersey, Monty Woolley, Prince Paul, William Gaxton, Clifton Webb, Published April, Published August, Warner Brothers Music New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Early Songs of Uncle Sam by George S. Jackson on page 335, and page 340
- The Man Who Came to Dinner. by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman in Front Matter, and page 277
- Kiss Me Kate: A Musical Comedy (Vocal Selection) by Cole Porter in Index (1), and Index (2)
- The piano works of George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue , two pianos and four hands) Alfreds classic editions by George Gershwin in Front Matter
- The Oxford Book of American Light Verse by William Harmon in Front Matter
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- Boss Ladies, Watch Out!: Essays on Women, Sex and Writing by Terry Castle on page 225, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950: A Study in Musical Design by Allen Forte in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim by Thomas S. Hischak on page 62, and Back Matter
- Imperfect Control: Our Lifelong Struggles With Power and Surrender by Judith Viorst in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Boss Ladies, Watch Out!: Essays on Women, Sex and Writing by Terry Castle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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