Cole Porter's "You're the Top" Lyrics

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Re: Cole Porter's "You're the Top" Lyrics

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Inigo wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 2:44 pm I believe this porter song was written allowing anyone to add the lyrics as the moment dictated... It is a song that could be exported to anything the fashion of the moment will dictate..
Yes, I have a record of Charlie & His Orchestra performing this song for the purposes of German propoganda during the Second World War. I recall one of the verses including the following:

You're the top,
You're a German flier;
You're the top,
You're machine gun fire...

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Here are the pages for this song in Cole porter's songbook,
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Re: Cole Porter's "You're the Top" Lyrics

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Inigo!

Thanks so much! These appear to be US lyrics since I don't see the British lines previously suggested or as sung on my HMV recording. Nonetheless, delighted to read them.

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