THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
From the film "Lady Be Good" (1941)
(Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Recorded by: Beegie Adair; Bob Barnard; Vicki Benet; Bruno Bertone Orch.;
Julia Broxholm; Dave brubeck; Charles Bush; Frank Chacksfield;
Chas & Dave; Robert Clary; Buddy Collette; Noël Coward; Johnny Desmond;
George Dvorsky; Jonathan & Darlene Edwards; Ferrante & Teicher;
George Feyer; Eddie Fisher; The Four Freshmen; Connie Francis;
Douglas Gamley; Judy Garland; Erroll Garner; Tardo Hammer;
Barry Harris Trio; Hildegarde; Johnny Hodges; Bob Hope; Dolores Hope;
Joni James; Gordon Jenkins; David Kernan; Barbara Lea; Michel Legrand;
London Philharmonic Orch.; London Sinfonietta; Vincent Lopez;
Henry Mancini; Robert Mandell; Dean Martin; Tony Martin; Vaughn Monroe;
Hugo Montenegro & his Orch.; New York Theatre Symphony Orch.;
101 Strings Orch.; Bud Powell; Sonny Rollins; The Romantic Strings;
Edmundo Ros; Carol Rossio; The Royal Festival Pops Orch.;
Ralph Sharon Trio; Anne Shelton; Dinah Shore; Kareem Smith; Kate Smith;
Ann Sothern; Jo Stafford; The Starlite Orch.; Fred Stride;
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; John Charles Thomas; Arthur Tracy; Orrin Tucker;
Claude Williamson.
A lady known as Paris, Romantic and Charming
Has left her old companions and faded from view
Lonely men with lonely eyes are seeking her in vain
Her streets are where they were, but there's no sign of her
She has left the Seine
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay,
I heard the laughter of her heart in every street caf‚
The last time I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring,
And lovers walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing.
I dodged the same old taxicabs that I had dodged for years.
The chorus of their squeaky horns was music to my ears.
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay,
No matter how they change her, I'll remember her that way.
I'll think of happy hours, and people who shared them
Old women, selling flowers, in markets at dawn
Children who applauded, Punch and Judy in the park
And those who danced at night and kept our Paris bright
'til the town went dark.
