Begin The Beguine 1935 Cole Porter 'Jubilee'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 02 Aug 2003

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 the memory evergreen.
I'm with you once more under the stars
and down by the shore
an orchestra's playing,
and even the palms seem to be swaying
when they begin the Beguine.

To live it again is past all endeavour
except when that tune clutches my heart,
and there we are,
swearing to love for ever,
and promising never, never to part.
What moments divine, what rapture serene,
till clouds came along to disperse
the joys we had tasted,
and 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.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Begin The Beguine 1935 Cole Porter
from "Jubilee"
by Cole Porter
copyright 1935 and 1944 by Warner Bros.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 02 August 2003 at 22.58
in association with Doug Grierson
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I sequenced this song for orchestra in October 2001 but this
piano version is a more accurate representation.
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