A popular song from 1912.
Words by Lew Brown.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Tell me pretty maiden
Would you like to take a chance?
And learn that Parisian dance
I know you’ll like it so
And we can dance it slow
So, go! Take me by the hand
Understand, when the band
Starts in a playing a tune
And very soon you’ll agree
Old Paree has a dance you must see
Are you ready now, I will show you how
They do Parisienne
Refrain
Parisienne (Oh! I love it so)
Parisienne (Tell me when to go)
We won’t stop to take a rest
I know you can stand the test
Watch those couples slide
See them as they glide
While they’re swaying, they are saying
Parisienne (Oh! that Frenchy strain)
Parisienne (There it goes again)
You can have your Turkey trot and Grizzly Bear
When I do Parisienne I’m gone for fair
‘Cause ev’rybody’s dancing it, Parisienne
- You can boast of all the dances you have in this land
But maybe you don’t understand
That Paris isn’t slow
A dance you do not know
I’ll show! Take me by the wrist
Don’t resist, start to twist
And I will tell you to go
And then I know you’ll declare
Grizzly Bear, with this dance don’t compare
When that tune you learn
Then your heart will yearn
For that Parisienne
Sung here by Vancha March: