Begin the Beguine - Broadway Melody Of (1940)

Written by Cole Porter
Sung by Carmen D'Antonio (dubbed by Lois Hodnott) and The Music Maids
Danced by Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell
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When they begin
the beguine
it brings back the sound
of music so tender
it brings back a night
of tropical splendor
it brings back a memory of green

I'm with you once more
under the stars
and down by the shore
an orchestras playing
and even the palms
seem to be swaying
when they begin
the beguine

to live it again
is past all endeavor
except when that tune
clutches my heart
and there we are swearing to love forever
and promising never
never to part

a moments divine
what rapture serene
to 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 dont 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
til 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

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• fred astaire
• broadway
• musical
• music
• ragtime
• dance
• tap dance
• jazz
• film
• movie
• irving berlin
• cole
• porter

[TheRealRabbeSandelin]

Saw this in a cinema in the 70's. Only time I have witnessed the audience applauding and cheering in a cinema house at the end of the number.

[JLPSCP]

the world will never see talent like this again!

[judebarnes4]

Best dance number ever filmed...

[riversidefan2]

Like dancing on mirrors.

[RaananVolesPianist]

Well, she can sing, but this version can't hold a candle to Artie Shaw!

[BelytaRuiva]

Millions of light years of practice... Immaculate !!!

[maple1255]

Thanks to a sweet friend, I am seeing this for the first time ... Fred and Eleanor danced so well together, there is such grace there and a true love of dance. Thanks so much for posting :)

[TheJedgeworth]

Gee, didn't some yahoo bozo and bimbo outdo them on America's Got Talent last week? Oh sorry, wrong planet.

[TheJedgeworth]

@JLPSCP Oh yes, as Frank Sinatra said. 

[860anthony]

i watched the finale of so you think you can dance and then to clean up I came here and watched this. thank goodness for film and brilliant, true talent.

[pijalu3]

Don't see talent like this anymore! I love, love, love this routine!!!

[bloodybones345]

Woohoo! Yeah! That was fantastic!!