I Am A Court Coquette 1899 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Mar 2006
2006

I am a court coquette they say,
Eh bien! it is admitted,
they've tried to win me ev'ry way,
and all have been outwitted.
They've brought bouquets and serenades,
and poems for perusal,
I've sent them off to other maids,
with a polite refusal,
and if they call me a coquette,
it is because I've never met,
the kindred soul that I could claim,
and so I treat them all the same.

Ah! me, heigh ho!
Ah! me, heigh ho!
'Tis sadly so, I know.
With a glance to right,
and a glance to left,
with a curtsey deep and low,
with a murmur here,
and a whisper there,
and a flutter of fan, just so,
with downcast eye,
and an artful sigh,
with a smile I pay each debt.
From Cupid's fetters free,
I'm happy as can be;
who wouldn't be a court coquette.

'Tis nice to have one flatter you,
and swear that he adores you,
and even if it isn't true,
it very rarely bores you.
I've known a man to swear to end
His life for me in battle;
then trot off to my dearest friend,
and prate the same old prattle,
Coquette? well I am one may be,
because I know you men, you see,
I beat you, sirs, at your own game
and treat you one and all the same.

Ah! me, heigh ho!
Ah! me, heigh ho!
'Tis sadly so, I know.
With a glance to right,
and a glance to left,
with a curtsey deep and low,
with a murmur here,
and a whisper there,
and a flutter of fan, just so,
with downcast eye,
and an artful sigh,
with a smile I pay each debt.
From Cupid's fetters free,
I'm happy as can be;
who wouldn't be a court coquette.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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I Am A Court Coquette 1899
from "Cyrano de Bergerac"
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MDCCCXCIX by M. Witmark & Sons.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 07 March 2006 at 17.58
in association with Doug Grierson
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