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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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"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February, New Haven, Shubert Theatre, Missus Aouda, Library of Congress, Mamie Magdalin, Published January, The Unpublished Cole Porter, Fred Astaire, Gay Paree, New Jersey, Monty Woolley, Prince Paul, William Gaxton, Clifton Webb, Published April, Published August, Warner Brothers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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"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!
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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 in Front Matter, and page 277
- Kiss Me Kate: A Musical Comedy, Saint Subber & Lemuel Ayers Present [Vocal Selection] by Cole Porter in Index (1), and Index (2)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Original) (Belwin Edition) 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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