Falling in Love with Love

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"Falling in Love with Love"
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Published1938
Composer(s) Richard Rodgers
Lyricist(s) Lorenz Hart

"Falling in Love with Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse , where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1938. [1] The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart's] listeners of the show's skeptical tone". [2]

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