In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening

• (1951)
  Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  Music by Hoagy Carmichael

  In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening

  
  
  
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, tell 'em I'll be there;
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, save your pappy a chair.
  When the party's getting a glow on and singin' fills the air,
  In the shank of the night, when the doin's are right,
  Well you can tell 'em I'll be there
  
  I like a barbecue, I like to boil a ham
  And I vote for bouillabaisse stew. (What's that?)
  I'd like a weenie bake, steak and a layer cake
  And you'll get a tummy ache too
  We'll rent a tent or a teepee
  Let the town crier cry "All's well!"
  And if it's R - S - V - P, this is what I'll re - ply:
  
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, tell 'em we'll be there,
  If you need a pair of freeloaders to fracture your af - fair.
  I may even give them Pagliacci -- now stand back and give him air
  If one can relax and we'll have a few yaks
  And you can tell them we'll be there
  
  "Oui," said the bumblebee, "Let's have jubilee."
  "When?" said the prairie hen, "Soon?"
  "Sure," said the dinosaur "Where?" said the grisly bear
  "Under the light of the moon."
  "How about your brother, jackass?" everyone gaily cried
  "Are you coming to the fracas?" ("Ain't gonna blow it!")
  "And all the respects," he sighed
  
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, tell 'em I'll be there
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, stick 'em on my hair
  If perchance we look a bit peeked, remember, "Se la guerre"
  If we're still on our feet and there's something to eat
  Well you can tell them we'll be there
  
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, tell 'em I'll be there
  In the cool, cool, cool of the evening, better save a chair
  When the party's getting a glow on and singin' fills the air
  If there's gas in my hack and my laundry is back
  If there's room for one more and you need me, why sure
  If you need a new face or a tenor or base
  If I can climb out of bed and put a head on my head
  Well you can tell 'em we'll be there.
  
  
  Evans and Livingstone wrote all the songs for "Here Comes the Groom"
  except one -- "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening." 
  "Cool" was written for a Betty Hutton movie by Mercer and Carmichael 
  but was not used. Later it was revived and incorporated into a Crosby movie 
  and became the fourth and final Oscar-winning song that Bing introduced. 
  Bing performed the song in one madcap take in the movie "Here Comes the Groom" 
  with co-star Jane Wyman as they traveled from office to elevator to sidewalk. 
  Jane and Bing reprised their performance for Decca and this version charted 
  for 6 weeks in the summer of '51. 
   
  

  (Performed by Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman)