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]
