When Sammy Sang The Marseillaise 1913 Friml

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 February 2011
2011

Sammy went to Paris
to have a jubilee,
For he'd been told
that young and old
were happy in Paree;
Altho' he was a Yankee
he loved Parisian ways,
It was no use
he just broke loose
when he heard the Marseillaise!

When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
when Sammy sung the Marseillaise
His French was rather shocking
but they knew his heart was right;
The Boulevards are talking
of that Yankee antic night,
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
all Paris seemed to catch the craze;
Marchons, marchons,
You Yankee garçons!
Oh, they never will forget
How they danced the pirouette
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise!

When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
when Sammy sung the Marseillaise
His French was rather shocking
but they knew his heart was right;
The Boulevards are talking
of that Yankee antic night,
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
all Paris seemed to catch the craze;
Marchons, marchons,
You Yankee garçons!
Oh, they never will forget
How they danced the pirouette
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise!

One night when out a strolling
to see what he could see,
a "froufrouette" by chance he met
who said: "Voila, Bébie!"
But not a word said Sammy,
His head was in a daze,
But you bet he knew
just what to do:
He sang the Marseillaise!

When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
when Sammy sung the Marseillaise
His French was rather shocking
but they knew his heart was right;
The Boulevards are talking
of that Yankee antic night,
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
all Paris seemed to catch the craze;
Marchons, marchons,
You Yankee garçons!
Oh, they never will forget
How they danced the pirouette
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise!

When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
when Sammy sung the Marseillaise
His French was rather shocking
but they knew his heart was right;
The Boulevards are talking
of that Yankee antic night,
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise
all Paris seemed to catch the craze;
Marchons, marchons,
You Yankee garçons!
Oh, they never will forget
How they danced the pirouette
When Sammy sang the Marseillaise!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When Sammy Sang The Marseillaise 1913 Friml
Music by Rudolf Friml
Lyrics by Otto Hauerbach
© 1913 by G.Schirmer - New York
from "High Jinks"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 19 February 2011 at 23.37
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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