Of Thee I Sing movie - LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY lyrics
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JENKINS AND MISS BENSON:<br>
Why are people gay<br>
All the night and day,<br>
Feeling as they never felt before?<br>
What is the thing<br>
That makes them sing?<br>
<br>
Rich man, poor man, thief,<br>
Doctor lawyer, chief,<br>
Feel a feeling that they can't ignore!<br>
It plays a part<br>
In ev'ry heart,<br>
And ev'ry hearts is shouting "Encore!"<br>
<br>
Love is sweeping the country!<br>
Waves are hugging the shore;<br>
All the sexes<br>
From Maine to Texas<br>
Have never known such love before.<br>
<br>
See them billing and cooing<br>
Like the birdies above!<br>
Each girl and boy alike,*<br>
Sharing joy alike,<br>
<br>
Feels that passion'll<br>
Soon be national.<br>
Love is sweeping the country!<br>
There never was so much love!<br>
<br>
Love is sweeping the country!<br>
Waves are hugging the shore;<br>
All the sexes<br>
From Maine to Texas<br>
Have never known such love before.<br>
<br>
See them billing and cooing<br>
Like the birdies above!<br>
Each girl and boy alike,<br>
Sharing joy alike,<br>
<br>
Feels that passion'll<br>
Soon be national.<br>
Love is sweeping the country!<br>
There never was so much love!<br>
<br>
Spring is in the air-<br>
Each mortal loves his neighbor.<br>
Who's that loving pair?<br>
That's Capital and Labors.<br>
<br>
Chevrolet and Ford<br>
Have felt this cosmic urging;<br>
They with one accord,<br>
Have kissed and now are merging.<br>
<br>
Florida and Cal-<br>
lifornia get together<br>
In a "festival"<br>
Of oranges and weather.<br>
<br>
Boston's upper zones<br>
Are changing all their habits,<br>
And I hear the Cohns<br>
Are taking up the Cabots.<br>
<br>
Taximen take dimes<br>
And never curse the traffic,<br>
While the "New York Times"<br>
Adores the "New York Graphic."<br>
<br>
Love is sweeping the country!<br>
Waves are hugging the shore;<br>
All the sexes<br>
From Maine to Texas<br>
Have never known such love before.<br>
<br>
See them billing and cooing<br>
Like the birdies above!<br>
Each girl and boy alike,<br>
Sharing joy alike,<br>
<br>
Feels that passion'll<br>
Soon be national.<br>
Love is sweeping the country!<br>
There never was so much love!<br>
<br>
[*ALTERNATE CONSIDERED FOR LINES 19-22]<br>
It's overpowering;<br>
Hearts are flowering,<br>
Sure that passion'll<br>
Soon be national.<br>
<br>
PATTER [REVISED VERSION]<br>
Spring is in the air-<br>
Each mortal loves his neighbor.<br>
Who's that loving pair?<br>
That's Capital and Labors.<br>
<br>
Florida and Cal-<br>
lifornia get together<br>
In a "festival"<br>
Of oranges and weather.<br>
<br>
Boston's upper zones<br>
Are changing social habits,<br>
And I hear the Cohns<br>
Are taking up the Cabots.<br>
<br>
Cities are above<br>
The quarrels that were hapless.<br>
Look who's making love:<br>
St.Paul and Minneap'lis!<br>
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