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In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, Heaven knows,
Anything goes.

— Cole Porter Anything Goes (1934)

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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.

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

Paris (1928)

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)

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