It's De-Lovely
Composer(s): Cole Porter
First performance by: Ethel Merman & Bob Hope - 1936
Covered by multiple other artists



Billy:
The night is young, the skies are clear 
So 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
"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

Billy:
I'll control my desire to curse 
While you crucify the verse 

Hope:
This verse I started seems to me 
The Tin-Pantithesis of a melody

Billy:
So spare us all the pain
Just skip the darn 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 
So 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
"Let yourself go!" 

Billy:
So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss you, just say to me
"It's delightful, it's delicious
It's...It's de-lovely"