I feel a sudden urge to sing the kind of ditty
that invokes the Spring
So, control your desire to curse
while I crucify the verse
This verse you've started seems to me
the 'Tin Pan-tithesis' of melody
So to spare you all the pain, I'll skip
the darn thing and sing the refrain

The night is young, the skies are clear
So if you wanna go walkin', dear
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

I understand the reason why
You're sentimental, 'cause so I am
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

You can tell at a glance what a swell night
this is for romance
You can hear, dear Mother Nature
murmuring low ''Let yourself go''

So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when I kiss ya, just say to me
''It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious,
It's dilemma, it's de limit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely''

Time marches on and soon it's plain
You've won my heart and I lost my brain
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

Life seems so sweet that we decide
It's in the bag to get unified
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

See the crowd in that church
See the proud parson plopped on his perch
Get the sweet beat of that organ sealing our doom
Here goes the groom boom!

How they cheer and how they smile
As we go galopping down the aisle
It's divine, dear, it's de-vene, dear,
it's de-wunderbar, it's de-victory
It's de-velop, it's de-vinner, it's de-voix,
it's de-lovely

We settle down as man and wife
To solve the riddle called married life
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely