Wouldn't It Be Loverly

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"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular show tune from the musical My Fair Lady, known for expressing Eliza Doolittle’s dreams of a better, more comfortable life.

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"Wouldn't it be loverly?" 1
Wouldn't It Be Lovely 1
Wouldn't It Be Loverly canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
associatedWith Broadway
West End theatre
basedOn Pygmalion
cataloguedIn My Fair Lady song list
characterPerspective working-class flower girl
composer Frederick Loewe
countryOfOrigin United States
fictionalContext Covent Garden
filmAdaptation My Fair Lady (1964 film)
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
firstPerformanceYear 1956
form solo song
fromMusical My Fair Lady
genre Broadway song
show tune
hasInfluenceOn popular culture depictions of aspiration
hasRefrain "Wouldn't it be loverly?"
hasTitleVariant Wouldn't It Be Lovely
includedOn My Fair Lady original Broadway cast recording
My Fair Lady original motion picture soundtrack
language English
lyricalTheme desire for comfort
dreams of a better life
escape from poverty
lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
lyricsBy Alan Jay Lerner
musicBy Frederick Loewe
notableFeature use of Cockney accent in lyrics
notablePerformer Audrey Hepburn
Julie Andrews
Marni Nixon
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1956-03-15
originalCharacter Eliza Doolittle
originalPerformer Julie Andrews
originalProduction My Fair Lady (1956 Broadway production)
partOf My Fair Lady
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
performedIn My Fair Lady (1964 film)
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
performedInAct Act I of My Fair Lady
publicationYear 1956
recordedBy Audrey Hepburn (dubbed singing voice by Marni Nixon)
Julie Andrews
setting London
linked to: London, England
style romantic ballad
sungByCharacter Eliza Doolittle
tempo moderate

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My Fair Lady (film) notableSong Wouldn't It Be Loverly
Eliza Doolittle musicalNumber Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
linked to: Wouldn't It Be Loverly
Wouldn't It Be Loverly hasRefrain "Wouldn't it be loverly?"
linked to: Wouldn't It Be Loverly
Wouldn't It Be Loverly hasTitleVariant Wouldn't It Be Lovely
linked to: Wouldn't It Be Loverly