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Cole Porter

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The Grant Park Music Festival’s Apprentice Chorale	Chorale
Project Inclusion String Quartet	Quartet
Christopher Bell	Conductor

Recorded on 06/21/2017, uploaded on 05/05/2018

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Let’s Do It Cole Porter, arr. David Blackwell

When the little bluebird,
Who has never said a word,
Starts to sing ‘Spring, spring’;
When the little bluebell,
At the bottom of the dell,
Starts to ring: ‘ding ding’;
When the little blue clerk,
In the middle of his work,
Starts a tune to the moon up above,
It is nature, that's all,
Simply telling us to fall in love.

And that's why birds do it, bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
In Spain, the best upper sets do it,
Lithuanians and Letts do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
The Dutch in old Amsterdam do it,
Not to mention the Finns,
Folks in Siam do it--
Think of Siamese twins.
Some Argentines, without means, do it,
People say in Boston, even beans do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Romantic sponges, they say, do it,
Oysters, down in Oyster Bay, do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Cold Cape Cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it,
Even lazy jellyfish do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Electric eels, I might add, do it,
Though it shocks 'em, I know.
Why ask if shad do it,
Waiter, bring me shad roe.
In shallow shoals, English soles do it,
Goldfish, in the privacy of bowls, do it,
Let's do it, Let's fall in love.