Kiss Me Kate song lyrics

Song lyrics to Kiss Me Kate by Cole Porter

FRED:
So, kiss me, Kate, thou lovely loon,
‘Ere we start on our honeymoon.
So kiss me, Kate, darling devil devine,
For now thou shall ever be mine.

LILLI:
I’ll never be thine!

FRED and CHORUS:
So, kiss me, Kate, [KATE: NO!] thou lovely loon, [KATE: NO!]
‘Ere we start [KATE: Nay!] on our honeymoon. [KATE: Away!]
So kiss me, Kate, darling devil devine,

LILLI:
Kindly drop dead!

FRED:
For now thou shall ever be

LILLI:
Now I shall never be

MALE CHORUS:
Now thou shall ever be

FEMALE CHORUS:
Now thou shall never be

FRED/LILLI:
Mine/Thine

FRED:
Yes mine!

LILLI:
Not thine!

FRED:
Yes mine!

LILLI:
You swine!

FRED:
Yes mine!

CHORUS:
She called him a swine!

FRED:
So kiss me, Kate

LILLI:
I’ll crack your pate!

FRED:
Oh, please don’t pout

LILLI:
I’ll knock you out

FRED:
My priceless prize

LILLI:
I’ll black you eyes!

FRED:
Oh, kiss me quick

LILLI:
Your rump I’ll kick!

FRED/CHORUS:
Oh kiss me/him

LILLI:
Dounder!

CHORUS:
He’s not her dish, He’s not her dish, oh kiss him!

LILLI:
Flouder!

CHORUS:
A type of fish, she would not wish, oh kiss him!

LILLI:
Dastard!

CHORUS:
What’s that we heard, what’s that we heard, oh kiss him!

LILLI:
[Spoken] Bastard!

[CHORUS gasps in shock, short pause]

FRED:
Oh, Katie, that’s a naughty word, oh kiss me!

CHORUS:
Kiss him!

FRED:
Kiss me!

FRED/CHORUS:
Kiss me!/Kiss him, kiss him, kiss him!

LILLI:
Never, never, never!

[LILLI continues singing never joined in by a song bird. MAN 2, shoots the bird]

CHORUS:
Kiss him Kate, kiss him,
Kiss him Kate, kiss him,
Kiss him Kate, kiss him,
Kiss him Kate, kiss him,
Kiss him Kate, Kate him Kate, Kiss him Kate

Kiss…

LILLI:
No!

CHORUS:
Him…

LILLI:
NO!!!

MAN 1 AND 2
[Spoken] Ahh, kiss him!

CHORUS:
Kate!

FRED:
Ha! [raises his fist in triumph]