Begin The Beguine - 1935

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 27 Oct 2001

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
synth str 1 treble
synth str 1 bass
fr hrn treble
synth brass 1 bass
Lyric Line
pizz str
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Begin The Beguine 1935 Cole Porter

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Begin The Beguine 1935 Cole Porter
by Cole Porter
© MCMMXXXV Harms Inc., New York
Chappell and Co. Ltd., London
Sequence for Orchestra by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 28 Oct 2001 at 11.52
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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