[Lyric] Its Never Too Late to Mendelssohn (Danny Kaye)

[PAXTON]
A man without a woman
Or a woman without a man
Was never part of paradise's plan
It’s like a poached egg without a piece of toast
Philadelphia without the Saturday Evening Post
George Jean Nathan without a play to roast
And to make a man and woman rhyme
The wedding bell must chime

Oh, it's never too late to Mendelssohn!
Ding dong, ding dong dell!
Two hearts are at Journey's Endelssohn
When the people hear that steeple bell
Without the strains of Lohengrin
Love is Mischa or Jascha without a violin
It’s never too latе to Mendelssohn
Ding dong, ding dong dell!

[ENSEMBLE]
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding dong
Hеre comes the bride!
[ENSEMBLE MEMBERS, spoken]
Isn't she a honey?
What a fuss, what a stir
And her family reeks with money
What does he see in her?

[ENSEMBLE]
Here comes the groom!

[ENSEMBLE MEMBERS, spoken]
Isn't he a donkey?
Person's fat, purse is slim
I wouldn't use him for a flunky
Ain't she lucky to get him?
Do you take this woman to share your house?
I do, I do
Well of course it up's to you
Do you take this man for your ever loving spouse?
I do, I do

[PAXTON]
That does it, you're through
For to make a man and woman rhyme
The wedding bell must chime

It’s never too late to Mendelssohn!
Ding dong, ding dong dell!
Two hearts are at Journey’s Endelssohn
When the people hear that steeple bell
Without the strains of Lohengrin
Love is Mischa or Jascha without a violin
It's never too late to Mendelssohn
[PAXTON & ENSEMBLE]
Ding-a dong-a, ding-a dong-a
Ding-a dong-a, ding-a dong-a
Ding-a dong-a, ding-a dong-a dell!