No. 13 - Chorus and Song - Lili - "The Parisienne."

Lyrics by Adrian Ross

[Paris Girls:] We've come to this country unknown,
It's most picturesque you must own;
And the lakes we have seen
Are a deeper blue-green
That the ones in the Bois de Boulogne!
The lakes in the Bois de Boulogne!
So here in the mountains we are;
They look very icy from far,
But the glaciers will melt
On the spot when they've felt
A breath of the Boulevard!
[Chorus:] So here in the mountains you are;
They look very icy from far,
But the glaciers will melt
On the spot when they've felt
A breath of the Boulevard!

[Lili:] Switzerland in snow
Is a big gāteau
With a sugar coating--
[Chorus:] Coating, coating!
[Lili:] Then the air is nice,
Like champagne on ice,
Where the sun is floating--
[Chorus:] Floating, floating!
[Lili:] Ah! c'est si gentil,
Quite at home I feel!
Et bien! sapristi!
Me voici, la Lili!
This is just like Paris then,
For I'm the Pa-pa-pa-Parisienne.
[Chorus:] Et bien! sapristi!
La voici, la Lili!
Switzerland is Paris then,
For she's the Pa-pa-pa-Parisienne.

[Lili:] Then the place is full
Of the young John Bull
And his manly father--
[Chorus:] Father, father!
[Lili:] They're so strong and tall,
I adore them all,
And they like me, rather--
[Chorus:] Rather, rather!
[Lili:] Flirting I have heard
Is an English word!
Et bien! sapristi!
Me voici, la Lili!
Don't I love the Englishmen,
For I'm the Pa-pa-pa-Parisienne.
[Chorus:] Et bien! sapristi!
La voici, la Lili!
She adores the Englishmen,
For she's the Pa-pa-pa-Parisienne.