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If you want a future, darling,
Why don't you get a past?

— Cole Porter Paris (1928)

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You are my fav'rite star,
My haven in heaven above,
You are ev'rything I love.

Let's Face It (1941)

Be a clown, be a clown,
All the world loves a clown.
Act the fool, play the calf,
And you'll always have the last laugh.

The Pirate (1948)

What moments divine, what rapture serene.

Some Argentines, without means, do it,
People say, in Boston, even beans do it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Paris (1928)

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above.
Don't fence me in.

Don't Fence Me In (1934)

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