IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDELSSOHN

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Song Title
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDELSSOHN
Writers
Weill, Gershwin
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%
Territory Controlled
US
Themes/Keywords
Bells, Food, Man, Paradise, People, Rhyme, wedding, Woman
Lyrics
A man without a woman
Or a woman without a man
Was never part of Paradise’s plan.
It’s like a poached egg without a piece of toast,
Philadelphia without the Sat. Eve. Post,
George Jean Nathan without a play to roast.
And to make a man and woman rhyme,
The wedding bells must chime.

CHORUS
It’s never too late to Mendelssohn,
Ding, dong, ding, dong dell.
Two hearts are at journey’s endelssohn,
When the people hear that steeple bell.
Without the strains of Lohengrin,
Love is Mischa or Jascha without a violin.
It’s nevertoo late to Mendelssohn,
Ding-a, dong-a, ding-a, dong-a dell.

A man without a woman
Or a woman without a man
Is what the form sheet calls an “also ran.”
It’s like an oyster without a month in “R”,
A play by Bernstein that’s not triangular,
A notice by Mantle with only half a star.
And to make a man and woman rhyme,
The wedding bells must chime.

CHORUS
It’s never too late to Mendelssohn,
Ding, dong, ding, dong dell.
Two hearts are at journey’s endelssohn,
When the people hear that steeple bell.
Whate’er their future they must share it,
I trust they Lohengrin and bear it.
It’s never too late to Mendelssohn,
Ding-a, dong-a, ding-a, dong-a (2)
Ding-a, dong-a, ding-a dong-a dell.

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