From the musical “The Cat and the Fiddle”, 1931.
Words by Otto Harbach.
Music by Jerome Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Poor Pierrot loved his fair Pierrette
Golden the glow of the happy hour when they met
To their sweet retreat birds on the wing
Hastened to bring garlands of spring
At her dainty feet wove on their loom
Carpets of bloom breathing perfume
What heav’n they knew only lovers know
For fair Pierrette loved her happy Pierrot
Poor Pierrot loved his fair Pierrette
How should he know that a girl may vow and forget
To her gay retreat comes one who brings
Rare golden rings, jewels and things
At her dainty feet where flowers bled
There now instead gay silks are spread
What h..l rages in one heart none may know
For fickle Pierrette has forgotten poor Pierrot