| The music for Everything's Comin' Up Roses was revised with new lyrics by Sondheim, from its unpublished original form as a song called
Betwixt and Between, cut from the 1947 musical High Button Shoes with lyrics by Sammy
Cahn.
Everything's Coming Up Roses Lyrics
Momma Rose
[Speaking] Finish? We're just beginning and there's no one to stop at this time!
I had a dream, a dream about you, baby.
It's gonna come true, baby.
They think that we're through, but baby,
You'll be swell! You'll be great!
Gonna have the whole world on the plate!
Starting here, starting now,
honey, everything's coming up roses!
Clear the decks! Clear the tracks!
You've got nothing to do but relax.
Blow a kiss. Take a bow.
Honey, everything's coming up roses!
Now's your inning. Stand the world on it's ear!
Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!
Curtain up! Light the lights!
You got nothing to hit but the heights!
You'll be swell. You'll be great.
I can tell. Just you wait.
That lucky star I talk about is due!
Honey, everything's coming up roses for me and for you!
You can do it, all you need is a hand.
We can do it, Mama is gonna see to it!
Curtain up! Light the lights!
We got nothing to hit but the heights!
I can tell, wait and see.
There's the bell! Follow me!
And nothing's gonna stop us 'til we're through!
Honey, everything's coming up roses and daffodils!
Everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus!
Everything's gonna be bright lights and lollipops!
Everything's coming up roses for me and for you!
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Summertime In Venice's alternate
title: Italian Festival (also known as: Vacances a Venise, &
Il Sole che splende qui.
Summertime In Venice
I dream of the summertime,
Of Venice and the summertime.
I see the cafes, the sunlit days with you, my love
The antique shop where we'd stop for a souvenir
The bridge, the boats below, the blue above.
I dream all the winter long
Of mandolins that played our song.
The dream is so real I almost feel your lips on mine.
And though I know we have to be an ocean apart,
There's Venice and you, and summertime, deep in my heart.
Un sogno romantico,
Venezia e il sole splendido!
Dovunque saro, no li potro dimenticar!
Di questa estate sul mar non potran morir
In me, i dolce baci ed I sopir.
Un sogno romantico
Venezia e il sole splendido!
Di mille canzon l'eco lontana portero.
Questa laguna addormentata, ricordero
Che parla al mio cuor solo d'mor, sempre d'amor.
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