Begin the Beguine (
unreleased )
When they begin the beguine,
It brings
back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back the night of tropical
splendour,
It brings back a memory evergreen!
I'm with you once more under the stars,
And
down by the shore an orchestra's playin'
Even the palms seems to be
swayin'
When they begin the beguine!
To live it again is past all endeavour,
Except
when that tune clutches my heart,
And there we are swearin' to love forever,
And
promising never, never to part!
What moments divine, what raptures serene,
'Till
clouds came along to disperse
the joys we had tasted . . .
Now, when I hear people curse
the chance that was wasted,
I know but too
well what they mean!
So, don't let them begin the beguine,
Let
the love that was once a fire remain an ember . . .
Let it sleep like the
dead desire I only remember,
When they begin the beguine!
Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them
play!
'Till the stars that were there before return above you,
'Till you
whisper to me once more, "Darling, I love you!"
And we suddenly
know, what heaven we're in,
When they begin the beguine!
When they begin . . . the beguine!
~ from the 1935 Stage musical comedy
"Jubilee"
Words and Music by
Cole Porter
Harms, Inc. ASCAP
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