Patrick Doyle
Alessandro Nivola & Matthew Lillard & Adrian Lester & Kenneth Branagh
Timothy Spall
Kenneth Branagh & Alessandro Nivola & Matthew Lillard & Adrian Lester
Nathan Lane
Patrick Doyle
The King of Navarre (Alessandro Nivola) suggests that he, Berowne (Kenneth Branagh), Longueville (Matthew Lillard), and Dumaine (Adrian Lester) retreat from the world for a life of scholarly study. Berowne is skeptical of this, and their philosophical debate plays out in this dance number.
[KING]
I've seen for days that
You've got some ways that
Must be checked
In you I never can detect
The slightest sign of intellect
You're mad on dances
Think of the chances
You neglect
You never seem inclined
To use your mind
You're just a fella who
Has got his brains in his dancing shoes
Take a lesson from me
[BEROWNE]
I'd rather Charleston
[LONGUEVILLE AND DUMAINE]
Doo doo, doo doo!
[KING]
Think of what you might be
[BEROWNE]
I'd rather Charleston
[LONGUEVILLE AND DUMAINE]
Doo doo, doo doo!
[KING]
I'm disappointed
In you and your ways
[BEROWNE]
I'm double-jointed
There's no sensation
Like syncopation
[KING]
Will you let me know why?
[BEROWNE]
I'd rather Charleston
[KING]
Charleston?
That's the sort of thing I would never do
So leave it behind
And give your mind
To something new
[BEROWNE]
I'd rather Charleston
Charleston
Charleston
Charleston with you
I’d Rather Charleston was written by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin.
I’d Rather Charleston was produced by Patrick Doyle & Maggie Rodford.
Alessandro Nivola released I’d Rather Charleston on Tue May 23 2000.