A great example of using a near palindrome in a title to catch the audience's attention: “Tea for two and two for tea, and me for you and you for me.” Another example is “If I’m not near the girl I love I love the girl I’m near.”
            Lyricist Irving Caesar told the story that composer Vincent Youmans asked him for some lyrics to a new tune, but they were due at a party and Caesar came up with some “dummy” lyrics. When they returned to the work, those dummy lyrics were kept.


Notes by Frank Behrens