From “Out of This World”, 1950
Words and music by Cole Porter
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I often ask because I feel
I’ve every right to ask
Will time take on the task to reveal
Yes or no, my beau ideal?
For even though when I’m abed
I dream he holds me tight
Awake, I never light
On the man I plan one day to wed
Refrain:
Where, oh where
Is that combination so rare
A cute night in armor
Completely a charmer
Who’d still be a millionaire?
Where, oh where
Is that combination so rare
A youth who is able to wrap me in sable
Who’d still be a love affair?
I could accept a cottage small
By a roaring waterfall
Yet I’d much prefer a castle cool
By a marble swimming pool
But where, oh where
Is that combination so rare
A highly admissible, kissable boy
To fill me with, practically kill me with joy
Who’d still be a millionaire?
Tell me, where, oh where, oh where?