Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by: Jerome Kern
Originally made famous by: Ann Southern
From the Film: Lady, Be Good (1941)
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A lady known as Paris, Romantic
and Charming
Has left her old companions and
faded from view
Lonely men with lonely eyes are
seeking her in vain
Her streets are where they were,
but there's no sign of her
She has left the Seine
The last time I saw Paris, her
heart was warm and gay,
I heard the laughter of her
heart in every street caf‚
The last time I saw Paris, her
trees were dressed for spring,
And lovers walked beneath those
trees and birds found songs to sing.
I dodged the same old taxicabs
that I had dodged for years.
The chorus of their squeaky
horns was music to my ears.
The last time I saw Paris, her
heart was warm and gay,
No matter how they change her,
I'll remember her that way.
I'll think of happy hours, and
people who shared them
Old women, selling flowers, in
markets at dawn
Children who applauded, Punch
and Judy in the park
And those who danced at night
and kept our Paris bright
'til the town went dark.