When they begin the beguine

It brings back the sound of music so tender

It brings back a night of tropical splendor

It brings back a memory ever green

I'm with you once more under the stars

And down by the shore an orchestra's playing

And even the palms seem to be swaying

When they begin the beguine

To live it again is past all endeavor

Except when the tune clutches my heart

And there we are swearing to love forever

And promising never never to part

What moments divine what rapture serene

Till clouds come along

To disperse the joys we have tasted

And now when I hear people

Curse the chance that was wasted

I know but too well what they mean

Oh yes let them begin begin the beguine

Make them blow

Till the star that was there before return to you

Till you waste about me once more

Darling I love you

And we thought our love

What have we swearing

When they begin the beguine

When they begin the beguine