Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love

Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love
music & lyric by Cole Porter

When the little bluebird, who has never said a word,
Starts to sing, "Spring, spring,"
When the little bluebell, in the bottom of the dell,
Starts to sing, "Ding, ding,"
When the little blue clerk, in the middle of his work,
Starts a tune to the moon up above, it is nature, that's all,
Simply telling us to fall in love.
And that's why...

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 Finns,
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...

The nightingales, in the dark, do it, larks k-razy for a lark, do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Canaries, caged in the house do it, when they're out of season, grouse do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

The most sedate barnyard fowls do it, when a chanticleer cries,
High-browed old owls do it, they're supposed to be wise.
Penguins in flocks, on the rocks, do it, even little cuckoos in their clocks, 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...