Gene Austin - Easter Parade 1933 (Irving Berlin) (Lyrics)

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(Melotone – M 12878)
Vocal with Orchestra
Written-By – Irving Berlin
From "As Thousands Cheer"

"Easter Parade" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin and published in 1933. Berlin originally wrote the melody in 1917, under the title "Smile and Show Your Dimple", as a "cheer up" song for a girl whose man has gone off to fight in World War I.
Berlin resurrected the tune, with modifications, and gave it the now-familiar Easter lyrics for the 1933 Broadway musical revue As Thousands Cheer, in which musical numbers were strung together on the thematic thread of newspaper headlines.
Like many of Berlin's songs, it later appeared in films. It was performed by Don Ameche in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band, which was loosely based on Irving Berlin's life. In 1942, it was featured in the musical film Holiday Inn, in which it was performed by Bing Crosby. In 1948, it was performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the musical film Easter Parade, which was constructed around the song. The song was also featured in the Rankin/Bass special The First Easter Rabbit in 1976.
Lyrics:
(Verse)
Never saw you look quite so lovely before
Never saw you dressed quite so pretty, what's more
I could hardly wait
To keep our date
This lovely Easter morning
And my heart beat fast as I came through the door
For

(Chorus)
In your Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover
And when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade

On the avenue
Fifth avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet
About your Easter bonnet
And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter parade