You’ll Have to Put Him to Sleep with the Marseillaise

(and Wake Him Up With a Oo-La-La)
A WWI popular song from 1918
Words by Andrew B. Sterling
Music by Harry Von Tilzer

The sheet music:

Youll-Have-to-Put-Him-to-Sleep-with-the-Marseillaise – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Youll_Have_To_Put_Him_To_Sleep – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Girls, have you heard the very latest news
    Girls, when you do, you’ll surely get the blues
    You had better learn to parlez-vous
    When your soldier boy comes back to you
    Girls, he has learned a lot of things in France
    Girls, when you marry him, you’ll get your chance
    You’ll have to do your talking in French
    When he comes back from the trench

Chorus
You’ll have to do your little parlez-vous
You’ll have to coo just like the French girls do
You’ll have to tease in French
You’ll have to squeeze in French
You’ll have to la la la la all in French
You’ll have to learn to say “come-ci, come-ca”
And when you sing for your Pa Pa
It’s up to you to sing ze French songs, too
Because when you get through
With Yankee Doodle doo
You’ll have to put him to sleep with the Marseillaise
And wake him up with a Oo la la

  1. Girls, you have heard about ze French Coquette girls
    She has never overlooked a bet
    Picture one now sitting on a bench
    Teaching your boy how to spoon in French
    Girls, “over there” they have such loving ways
    Girls, “over there” they have no loveless days
    And every kiss is chock full of pep
    When he comes back, watch your step

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: