Track Title: Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
Album Title: Cole Porter Songbook, disc 1
Prime Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Arranger: Buddy Bregman
Conductor: Buddy Bregman
Producer: Norman Granz
Written by: Cole Porter (C. Albert P.)
From the Show: Paris 1928 (S)
Lyrics:
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 Fins
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
Transcribed (from the stated recording) by Todd Peach {todd@thepeaches.com}
Other verses I've seen in print follow:
In old Japan, all the Japs do it
Up in Lapland little Laps do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
The chimpanzees in the zoos do it
Some courageous kangaroos do it
Let's do it, let's
fall in love
I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it
Even eagles as they fly 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 - garcon de
"shad roe"
The world admits bears in pits do it
Even Pekingeses at the Ritz do it
Let's do it, let's
fall in love
The royal set sans regret did it
And they considered it fun
Marie Antoinette did it -
with or without Napoleon
Parliament pleasure bent did it
Mam'selles every time their short of rent
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
Dragonflies in the reeds do it
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Sentimental centipedes do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
Mosquitos, heaven forbid, do it
So does every katydid do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
The most refined ladybug do it
When a gentleman calls
Moth in your rugs do it
What on earth, what's the use of balls?
The locusts in the trees do it
Why, even the bees do it
Even over-educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
The chimpanzees in the zoo do it
Some courageous kangaroos do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
I'm sure the giraffes on the sly do it
Heavy hippopotami do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
Sloths who hang down from the twigs do it
Though the effort is great
Sweet guineapigs do it
Buy a couple and wait
The world admits bears in pits do it
Even Pekingeses in the Ritz do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
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