WHEN IN ROME (I DO AS THE ROMANS DO)
(Cy Coleman (m) Carolyn Leigh (l) )

as recorded by Vikki Carr
with orchestra conducted by Bob Florence
1966


When in Spain,
For reasons I don't explain,
I remain
Enjoying a brew.
Don't deplore
My fondness for fundador,
You know how fundador
Can lead to a few,
And baby, when in Rome I do as the Romans do!

If perchance
I'm saying farewell to France,
Ah, and romance
Drops from the blue,
Cher l'amour,
I beg of you please endure
My taking a brief detour,
Er, with somebody new,
It's just that when in Rome I do as the Romans do!

And though from Italy
I lied to you prettily,
Why think of me bitterly?
You know that I'm true!
'Cept now and then in Rome
I get that old yen in Rome,
And naturally, when in Rome I do as the Romans do!

If I write happily,
"Best wishes from Napoli",
Don't cable me snappily
To tell me we're through!
'Cause once again in Rome,
In somebody's den in Rome,
Well pussycat, den in Rome I do as the Romans do!
Well when in Rome I do as the Romans,
disregard the the signs and the omens,
When in Rome I do as the Romans do!
Ciao now!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2015)