"Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" is a song featured in the 1964 film My Fair Lady with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Sung by Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) and her street friends, the song expresses Eliza's wish for a better life. In addition to pronouncing "lovely" as "loverly", the song lyrics highlight other facets of the Cockney accent that Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) wants to refine away as part of his social experiment.
Lyrics[]
Merchant 1:
It's rather dull in town, I think I'll take me to Paree
Mmmmmm
Merchant 2:
The mistress wants to open up
The castle in Capri
Merchant 3:
Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea
Mmmm, Mmmm, wouldn't it be loverly?
Eliza:
All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
Lots of chocolate for me to eat
Lots of coal makin' lots of heat
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
Oh, so lovely sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still
I would never budge till spring
Crept over the window sill
Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly
Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly
All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Oh wouldn't it be loverly
Lots of chocolate for me to eat
Lots of coal makin' lots of heat
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
Oh, so lovely sittin' abso-'bloomin'-lutely still
I would never budge till spring
Crept over my window sill
Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly
Loverly, loverly, loverly
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly
Loverly, loverly, loverly
Wouldn't it be loverly?
