Mississippi Belle circa 1944 Cole Porter

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 30 May 2003

On the filigreed balcony
stood a Southern maid,
while below her, imploringly,
sang a lovestung young blade,
And as listening stars looked down
on her lover there,
They all wished him success
when he warbled, more or less, this air:

Mississippi Belle, along the levee,
scent of jasmine is heavy
and the fireflies glow.
Mississippi Belle, the night's enthralling
and the mockingbird's calling,
"Come along, let's go!"
'Neath the yellow moon,
in all her glory,
there's a certain love story
I'm apinin' to tell.
And my honey,
while our lips are blending
you'll be guessin' the ending,
Mississippi Belle!

Mississippi Belle, along the levee,
scent of jasmine is heavy
and the fireflies glow.
Mississippi Belle, the night's enthralling
and the mockingbird's calling,
"Come along, let's go!"
'Neath the yellow moon,
in all her glory,
there's a certain love story
I'm apinin' to tell.
And my honey,
while our lips are blending
you'll be guessin' the ending,
Mississippi Belle!

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Mississippi Belle circa 1944 Cole Porter
by Cole Porter
copyright 1969 unpublished John F. Wharton, Trustee
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 29 May 2003 at 23.55
in association with Doug Grierson
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Throughout the Spring and Summer of 1943 and
for a period in 1944, Porter worked on the score of
'Mississippi Belle,' a film abandoned by Warner Brothers
in 1944, As far as can be determined, Porter completed
his work for the picture; it remains unclear why the film
was never made. This is one of the songs written for it.
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JP-P