Howard Keel as Petruchio - Where Is the Life That Late I Led

Kiss me Kate, 1953

PETRUCHIO:
When at first aware of masculinity
I began to finger feminine curls,
I became the toast of my vicinity
For I always had a multitude of girls.
But now that a married man, at last, am I,
How aware of my dear, departed past am I.

Where is the life that late I led?
Where is it now? Totally dead.
Where is the fun I used to find?
Where has it gone? Gone with the wind.
A married life is just a pain,
And raising an heir
Could never compare
With raising a bit of hell,
So I repeat what first I said,
Where is the life that late I led?

In dear Milano, where are you, Momo,
Still selling those pictures of the sсriptures in the Duomo?
And, Carolina, where are you, Lina,
Still peddling your pizza in the streets o' Taormina?
And in Firenze, where are you, Alice,
Still there in your pretty, itty-bitty Pitti Palace?
And sweet Lucretia, so young and gay-ee?
What scandalous doin's in the ruins of Pompeii!

Where is the life that late I led?
Where is it now? Totally dead.
Where is the fun I used to find?
Where has it gone? Gone with the wind.
The marriage game is quite all right,
Yes, during the day
It's easy to play
But, oh, what a bore at night,
So I repeat what first I said
Where is the life that late I?

Where is Rebecca, my Becki-weckio,
But still she'd be cruising that amusing Ponte Vecchio?
Where is Fedora, the wild virago?
It's lucky I missed her gangster sister from Chicago.
Where is Venetia, who loved to chat so,
Could still she be drinkin' in her stinkin' pink palazzo?
And lovely Lisa, where are you, Lisa?
You gave a new meaning to the leaning tow'r of Pisa.

Where is the life that late I led?
Where is it now? Totally dead.
Where is the fun I used to find?
Where has it gone? Gone with the wind.
I've oft been told of nuptial bliss,
But what do you do,
A quarter to two,
With only a shrew to kiss?
So I repeat what first I said,
Where is the life that late I led?

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[JerseyGreig]

This man beats everything and anyone who has ever done this song... i've said it before and i'll say it again... Brilliant, just brilliant....great eyebrow expressions as well hahaha

[tinydancercsd]

absolutely no one can ever compare. amazing.

[niroontjuh]

@mcnuggetter Yes it is true that in the original The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare Petruchio isn't really this kind of a womaniser ;)

But this is a rewritten musical version of The Taming of the Shrew, so it does not follow the original a 100%

[MissRamble]

They don't make men like that anymore. I so should have been born in the 50's.

[sullfa]

Who the fuck disliked this?

[TheMaz64]

Such a Howard Keel fan.

[mcnuggetter]

Sort of a misunderstanding of pertuccio's character

[CarolineRose118]

sexy. i love this!

[shakespeareforever66]

he´s really great, but i think brent barrett is better. the singing is compatible, but barretts perfomance is funnier.

[eritt123]

@tinydancercsd true so true

[eritt123]

i have seen so many versions but this one is breath taking its so good

[happilyinsane8]

@TheCatgirl6 they were different styles, you cant really compare them but skill, I agree.