The Latin Quarter 1938 'Gold Diggers in Paris'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 May 2004

So, this is gay Paree!
Come on along with me,
We're stepping out to see
The Latin Quarter.
Put on your old beret,
Let's sing the Marseillaise,
And put our wine away
Like water.
We'll call on Madelon,
She may be dead and gone,
But we can call upon
Her darling daughter.
A lady named Diane
Will do the French CanCan,
If she don't use a fan,
She ought 'er.
Come on and parlez Français their way,
Oolalala,
Comme ci and comme c'a,
That's all the Frenchmen sing,
That's how they have their fling,
That's how the Frenchmen swing
The Latin Quarter.
They're fifty million strong
And they can't all be wrong,
Let's all, "Oolalala!"
"Oolalala, oolalala, oolalala."

We'll watch an artist paint,
He'll take a gal who ain't
And paint her as a saint
Just for a quarter.
She poses just for art,
She does it from the heart,
She does it à la carte,
He taught 'er.
That gal from Armentieres,
Who's been around for years,
Will show you souvenirs
The soldiers bought 'er.
Her postal cards they say
Were quite a bit risqué,
They're not so hot today
They caught 'er.
Come on and parlez Français their way,
Oolalala,
Comme ci and comme c'a,
That's all the Frenchmen sing,
That's how they have their fling,
That's how the Frenchmen swing
The Latin Quarter.
They're fifty million strong
And they can't all be wrong,
Let's all, "Oolalala!"
"Oolalala, oolalala, oolalala."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Latin Quarter 1938
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Music by Harry Warren
© 1938 by The Remick Mus.Corp.  New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 17 May 2004 at 21.32
in association wirth Doug Grierson
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featured in the 1938 "Gold Diggers in Paris"
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