Itand's de-lovelyjohnny mathiswritten by cole porterthis version did not chart butin 1936 leo reisman put it at # 7 andin 1937, 3 versions charted: eddy duchin (#1), shep fields (#9), and will osborne (#14)sung in the 1936 musical andquot;red, hot, and blueandquot; by ethel merman and bob hopethe 1936 movie andquot;anything goesandquot; did not include this song but it was sung in the 1956 re-make by mitzi gaynor and donald oand'connor. bing crosby starred in both films but did not sing this one!!intro:i feel a sudden urge to sing the kind of ditty that invokes the springso, control your desire to curse while i crucify the versethis verse iand've started seems to me the andquot;tin pan-tithesisandquot; of melodyso to spare you all the pain, iand'll skip the darn thing and sing the refrainthe night is young and the skies are clearand if you want to go walkinand', dearitand's delightful, itand's delicious, itand's de-lovelyi understand the reason whyyouand're sentimental, well so am iitand's delightful, itand's delicious, itand's de-lovely you can tell at a glance what a swell night this is for romance you can hear mother nature murmuring low andquot;let yourself goandquot;so please be sweet, my chickadeeand when i kiss ya, say to meandquot;itand's delightful, itand's delicious, itand's delectable, itand's delirious,itand's dilemma, itand's de limit, itand's deluxe, itand's de-lovelyandquot;andlt;instrumental first two lines of a verseandgt;itand's delightful, itand's de-lovelyandlt;instrumental first two lines of a verseandgt;itand's delightful, itand's delicious, itand's de-lovely you can tell at a glance what a swell night this is for romance you can hear dear mother nature murmuring low andquot;let yourself goandquot;so please be sweet, my chickadeeand when i kiss ya, just say to meandquot;itand's delightful, itand's delicious, itand's delectable, itand's delirious,itand's dilemma, itand's de limit, itand's deluxe, itand's de-lovelyandquot;
