Let's call the whole thing off!
Last week, we got the version of
"Let's call the whole thing of" as the theme son of "When Henry met Sally".
But the lyric was not like Billie
Holiday's version.
I got this one yesterday.
Let's Call The Whole thing
Off
(words by Ira Gershwin; music by George Gershwin)
Introduced by Fred
Astaire and Ginger rogers in the film "Shall We Dance?"
(verse)
Things have come to a
pretty pass,
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like this and the
other
While I go for this and that.
Goodness knows what the end will
be;
Oh, I don't know where I'm at...
It looks as if we two will never be
one,
Something must be done.
(refrain)
You say eether and I
say eyether,
You say neether and I say nyther;
Eether, eyether, neether,
nyther,
Let's call the whole thing off!
You like potato and I like
potahto,
You like tomato and I like tomahto;
Potato, potahto, tomato,
tomahto!
Let's call the whole thing off!
But oh! If we call the whole
thing off,
Then we must part.
And oh! If we ever part,
Then that might
break my heart!
So, if you like pajamas and I like pajahmas,
I'll wear
pajamas and give up pajahmas.
For we know we need each other,
So we
better call the calling off off.
Let's call the whole thing
off!
You say laughter and I say
lawfter,
You say after and I say awfter;
Laughter, lawfter, after,
awfter,
Let's call the whole thing off!
You like vanilla and I like
vanella,
You, sa's'parilla and I sa's'parella;
Vanilla, vanella,
Choc'late, strawb'ry!
Let's call the whole thing off!
But oh! If we call
the whole thing off,
Then we must part.
And oh! If we ever part,
Then
that might break my heart!
So, if you go for oysters and I go for
ersters
I'll order oysters and cancel the ersters.
For we know we need
each other,
So we better call the calling off off!
Let's call the whole
thing off!
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Last updated: January 20, 2001 in Hot Metal Pro
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