Cigarette

a 1922 popular song
words by Guy J. Sampsel
music by Don Mathews

The sheet music:

Cigarette – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment:

Cigarette – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. There’s a story told of days of old
    And it brings romance to you
    Of a maid so brave, her life she gave
    For the man she loved so true
    Her name they say, was Cigarette
    Sometimes she was quite bold
    Sometimes a little wicked yet
    Her heart was purest gold

Chorus
Cigarette, Cigarette
We never will forget sweet Cigarette
Half Arab, that is true, but half Parisian, too
And a woman tried and true, was Cigarette
Cigarette, Cigarette, of the regiment she was the pet
Sweet Cigarette, she had the devil in her eye
Still was like a saint on high
Alas! for love she had to die, poor Cigarette

  1. She was taught that she must dare and do
    Through all her childhood days
    The only cradle song she knew
    Was the martial Marseillaise
    A born coquette was Cigarette
    Yet loved by one and all
    Her comrades eyes with tears were wet
    When she answered the last call

Sung here by Fred Feild: