Cole Porter
Wunderbar (1999 Revised)
[FRED, spoken]
I could’ve sworn it was right after we closed on the road in that flop revival of the Prince of Potsdam.
Yes, I was understudying the lead!
[LILLI, spoken]
No, dear. We were both in the chorus
[Music in.]
Oh, there was a waltz in it, remember? Something about a bar... [she starts to hum]
[FRED, spoken]
“Ja! Madam, you are ravishing tonight. You have made me the happiest of men!”
[LILLI laughs]
[LILLI, spoken]
“Oh! Your highness!”
[FRED & LILLI suddenly remember, and speak.]
[FRED & LILLI, spoken]
Wunderbar!
[FRED & LILLI]
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
[LILLI]
There's our fav’rite star above
[FRED]
What a bright, shining star
[FRED & LILLI]
Like our love, it's wunderbar!
[FRED]
Gazing down on the Jungfrau
[LILLI]
From our secret chalet for two
[FRED]
Let us drink, Liebchen mein
[LILLI]
In the moonlight benign
[FRED & LILLI]
To the joy of our dream come true
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
[FRED]
What a perfect night for love!
[LILLI]
Here am I, here you are
[FRED]
Why, it's truly wunderbar!
[FRED & LILLI]
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
[FRED]
We're alone, and hand in glove
[LILLI]
Not a cloud near or far
[FRED]
Why, it's more than wunderbar!
[LILLI]
Say you care, dear
[FRED]
For you madly
[LILLI]
Say you long, dear
[FRED]
For your kiss
[LILLI]
Do you swear, dear?
[FRED]
Darling, gladly
[LILLI]
Life's divine, dear!
[FRED]
And you're mine, dear!
[FRED & LILLI]
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
[FRED]
There's our fav’rite star above
[LILLI]
What a bright, shining star
[FRED & LILLI]
Like our love, it's wunderbar!
[Dance: to the music of the bridge of the song - fourteen measures.]
[FRED]
And you're mine, dear!
[FRED & LILLI]
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
[FRED]
There's our fav’rite star above
[FRED & LILLI]
What a bright, shining star
Like our love, it's wunderbar!
[Music out. They kiss.]