New verses for Cole Porter's "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love"

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I just joined a songwriter’s forum, which had a thread asking for new lyrics for the Cole Porter classic “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love” (here). It was a lot of fun trying to come up with a verse, and I’d love to see what versions Dopers could come up with.

If you don’t know the song, it was an early “list” song that catalogued various groups who “do it”…“it,” of course, meaning “falling in love.” :wink: If you don’t know it, you can familiarize yourself with the song here or here.

Well, here’s what I’ve been able to come up with so far (tougher than it looks…!!):

**At midnight ghosts, ‘neath their sheets do it
Kids demanding trick or treats do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love

Witches who ride ‘round on brooms do it
Zombies locked up in their tombs do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love

Bram Stoker’s ghoul, it is writ, did it
As he flew around town
Stephen King’s “It” did it –
Not too bad for a clown!

Werewolves who HOOOWL at the moon do it
Kinda makin’ virgins want to swoon to it
So let’s do it, let’s fall in love!**

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Dogs do it. Cats do it.
It’s rumored 'Publicans and Democrats do it.
Let’s do it. Let’s fall in love.

Objectivists, without fists, do it,
in memory of Rand.
Followers of Adam Smith do it,
with their invisible hand.

Movers do it. Quakers do it.
Mother Ann Lee wouldn’t let the Shakers do it.
Let’s do it. Let’s fall in love.

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Guys in the Pit with retorts do it,
Even those in Staff Reports do it!
Let’s do it. Let’s fall in love.

Newbies growing Mundane warts do it,
Rumor has it Cafe sorts do it.
Let’s do it. Let’s fall in love.

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Arrakeen girls do it for water
Dorsai do it, after slaughter
Conan did it with every king’s daughter
And Captain Kirk with everything but the Horta

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Apologies- off the top of my head.
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Eskimoes without toes do it
Arabs and scarabs eating carobs do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love.

Camels in desert heat do it
whether one hump or two
The old woman with the kids did it
it’s how she filled up that shoe.

Canadian geese do it
once a year they go down
Closeted priests do it
when they go out of town.
FDR & Eleanor did it
though with different fe-males
Some say Honest Abe did it
“Hey soldier check out this rail!”

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Hey, bravo/a everyone! Well done. Favorite lines so far:

(BrainGlutton, I didn’t know your references, unfortunately. Sci-fi/fantasy stuff?)

First part of a 90s TV one:

On T.V. Rachel and Ross do it
Fran “The Nanny” and her boss do it
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love

The kids on “Saved By The Bell” do it
(Even Screech may very well do it)
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love

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Or you could by decades.

"The Rubbles do it, the Nelsons do it,
In separate beds Ricky and Lucy do it
Let’s do it, let’s babaloo.
The castaways on Gilligan’s Isle do it,
that professor’s a hunk.
Why ask if Skipper and Gil do it,
Little Buddy lower your bunk!

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Arrakis
Dorsai
Conan
Horta