Who Said Gay Paree 1953

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Dec 2005

Who spread the rumor Paris was fun?
Who had such fantasy?
Who never knew Paris minus you?
Who said Gay Paree?
Who said of all towns under the sun,
all lovers here should be?
Who failed to add
Paris could be sad?
Who said Gay Paree?

I thought our love, so brightly begun,
would burn through eternity.
Who told the lie
love can never die?
Who said gay Paree?
Who said Gay Paree?

Who spread the rumor Paris was fun?
Who had such fantasy?
Who never knew Paris minus you?
Who said Gay Paree?
Who said of all towns under the sun,
all lovers here should be?
Who failed to add
Paris could be sad?
Who said Gay Paree?

I thought our love, so brightly begun,
would burn through eternity.
Who told the lie
love can never die?
Who said gay Paree?
Who said Gay Paree?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Who Said Gay Paree 1953
Words and Music by Cole Porter
© 1953 Unpublished
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The difference between "Who Said Gay Paree?" and "I Love Paris"
is the difference between a song of bittersweet sadness and one of
jubilant affirmation. It is hard to know why there was not room
in "Can-Can" for both songs, but the wider range and greater
rhythmic complexity of "Who Said Gay Paree?" may have posed
too many vocal problems.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 12 Dec 2005 at 11.38
in association with Doug Grierson
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