a 1922 popular song
words by Ben Travers
music by Franz Lehar
This song was first published in London and also placed into an Australian show called “Betty”.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Every night calls her away
When in the lights the bustling city’s all aglare
Built for a sprite, doomed to be gay
Gaily she comes to you to dance away your care
Gaily she comes to you, a fitful little little firefly
She’s but a toy for you all to see
For she is only little Gigolette, the dancing girl
And that, of course, is all she means to you and me
Chorus
Then dance, little dancer, we say
Come, dance away, bid care be gone
Oh, charm us, sweet charmer of night
To wild delight she dances on
And if, ‘mid the crash of the band
To her heart comes the call to forget
Tragedies there, what should we care?
Brava, la Gigolette
- But when the dawn calls in the day
When other children of the night are in repose
Wildly forlorn, stealing away
Back to the world of cold reality she goes
We can recall her happy smile when she is dancing
We never wonder if it is true
For she is only little Gigolette, the dancing girl
And that, of course, is all she means to me and you
Sung here by Fred Feild: