Gershwin - LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY

“LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY”
From Of Thee I Sing (1931)
LYRICS BY IRA GERSHWIN
(Music by George Gershwin)
   
    (Verse)
  1  Why are people gay  (A)
  2  All the night and day,  (A)
  3  Feeling as they never felt before?  (B)
  4  What is the thing  (C)
  5  That makes them sing?  (C)
  6  Rich man, poor man, thief,  (D)
  7  Doctor, lawyer, chief  (D)
  8  Feel (E) a feel(E)ing that they can’t ignore;  (B)
  9  It plays a part  (F)
10  In ev’ry heart,  (F)
11  And ev’ry heart (F) is shouting “Encore.”  (B)
   
    (Refrain)
  1  Love (A) is sweeping the country.  (B)
  2  Waves are hugging the shore.  (C)
  3  All the sexes (D) from Maine to Texas  (D)
  4  Have never known such love (A) before.  (C)
  5  See them billing and cooing (E)
  6  Like the birdies above!  (A) 
  7  Each girl and boy alike,  (F)
  8  Shouting joy alike,  (F)
  9  Feels that passion’ll  (G)
10  Soon be national.  (G)
11  Love (A) is sweeping the country--  (B)
12  There never has been so much love!  (A)

    (Patter)
  1  Spring is in the air-- (A)
  2  Each mortal loves his neighbor  (B)
  3  Who’s that loving pair?  (A)
  4  It’s Capital and Labor. (B) (Return to Refrain)