WE OPEN IN VENICE

from "Kiss Me Kate" 
1948 musical  
New York 
1953 film
Cole Porter  1948

Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel,  
Ann Miller & Tommy Rall with 
The MGM Studio Orchestra 
conducted by Andre Previn (film soundtrack)






A troup of strolling players are se,
Shakespearean portrayers are we;
We're just a simple band
Who roams about the land,
Dispensing fol-de-rol frivolity.

We're folk who give distractions are we,
A theatre guild attraction are we;
We're just a crazy group
That never seems to stoop
Around the map of little Italy.

We open in Venice,
We next play Verona,
Then on to Cremona,
Got some laughs in Cremona!

Our next stop is Parma,
That stingy dingy menace!
Then Madua,
Then Padua,
Then we open again, where?

We open in Venice,
We next play Verona,
Then on to Cremona,
That's a quail in Cremona!

Our next stop is Parma,
That stingy dingy menace!
Then Madua,
Then Padua,
Then we open again, where?
In here!



(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2012)