No. 28 - Duet - Maud (or Daisy) and Carbonnet - "Can this be love?"

Lyrics by Harry Greenbank

[Carbonnet:] I'm glad that Paris pleases you,
[Maud:] It charms me altogether!
[Carbonnet:] I hope you're charmed with Frenchmen too!
[Maud:] We're having lovely weather.
[Carbonnet:] Oh, yes, delightful weather!
[Maud:] You paint some pretty models here
[Carbonnet:] My chances much too few are.
[Maud:] Nice-looking girls they all appear
[Carbonnet:] But not as nice as you are!
[Both:] But not as nice as you/we are!
Can this be love, oh, can it be?
Peut-etre non, peut-etre oui!
I wonder what he/she thinks of me,
And how I really strike him/her?
Hélas, mon couer est agité!
We never met before today,
But oh! I am compelled to say
I like him/her! yes, I like him/her!

[Carbonnet:] Your best of friends I want to be,
[Maud:] You show no hesitancy.
[Carbonnet:] An English girl's the girl for me.
[Maud:] A Frenchman is my fancy.
[Carbonnet:] You mean that I'm your fancy?
[Maud:] I did not go as far as that.
[Carbonnet:] It really doesn't matter.
[Maud:] But oh! My heart goes pit-a-pat!
[Carbonnet:] And mine goes pitter patter,
[Both:] And mine goes pitter patter!
Can this be love, oh, can it be?
Peut-etre non, peut-etre oui!
I wonder what he/she thinks of me,
And how I really strike him/her?
Hélas, mon couer est agité!
We never met before today,
But oh! I am compelled to say
I like him/her! I like him/her!