On The Boulevard 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 October 2010
2010

Blasé globe trotters
are said to remark:
"See Paris, old chap and die."
Which sounds like a pointer on suicide,
That isn't worth while to try.
The gentlemen probably mean to say
That life of the brand "TraLa"
Is served in the most satisfactory way,
in Paree on the boulevard.

Houp la! La joie et la Frivolite, my boy,
are there in the air;
Girls ev'rywhere;
And lingerie to make a fellow stare;
Come ca, come ca, oh la, la Houpla!
the paradise of jollity
You may seek near and far,
But you will find the home of La Vie
Is on the boulevard.

Houp la! La joie et la Frivolite, my boy,
are there in the air;
Girls ev'rywhere;
And lingerie to make a fellow stare;
Come ca, come ca, oh la, la Houpla!
the paradise of jollity
You may seek near and far,
But you will find the home of La Vie
Is on the boulevard.

Al fresco table, Café de Paix;
An absinthe and cigarette.
A dreamy impression pervades your mind,
That all the world's in your debt.
Borne on the breeze of the Summer night
comes a strain from the grand opera.
You're king for an hour,
tho' you have not a sous
In Paree on the boulevard.

Houp la! La joie et la Frivolite, my boy,
are there in the air;
Girls ev'rywhere;
And lingerie to make a fellow stare;
Come ca, come ca, oh la, la Houpla!
the paradise of jollity
You may seek near and far,
But you will find the home of La Vie
Is on the boulevard.

Houp la! La joie et la Frivolite, my boy,
are there in the air;
Girls ev'rywhere;
And lingerie to make a fellow stare;
Come ca, come ca, oh la, la Houpla!
the paradise of jollity
You may seek near and far,
But you will find the home of La Vie
Is on the boulevard.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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On The Boulevard 1903
Music by Arthur Muller-Johnson
Lyrics by Edgar Smith
© MCMIII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 21 October 2010 at 10.50
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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