We Open In Venice (From "Kiss Me Kate")

We Open In Venice - Howard Keel/Tommy Rall/Kathryn Grayson/Ann Miller

A troupe of strolling players are we

Shakespearean portrayers are we

We're just a simple band

Who roams about the land

Dispensing fol-de-rol frivolity

We're folk who give distractions are we

No theatre guild attraction are we

We're just a crazy group

That never seems to troup

Around the map of little Italy

We open in Venice

We next play Verona

Then on to Cremona

Got some laughs in Cremona

Our next stop is Parma

That stingy dingy menace

Then Madua then Padua

Then we open again where

We open in Venice

We next play Verona

Then on to Cremona

Lotsa quail in Cremona

Our next stop is Parma

That artless heartless menace

Then Madua then Padua

Then we open again where

In Venice