From the film “The Greatest Show on Earth”, 1951.
Words by John Murray Anderson.
Music by Henry Sullivan.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A picnic in the park
A little way from Paris
In some romantic glade
You lunch alfresco in the shade
A picnic in the park
A mad’moiselle from Paris
Beside the river Seine
You drown your troubles in champagne
‘Neath the budding chestnut trees
To the drone of lazy bees
You may kiss, if she agrees
What bliss! what rapture
Then the strawberries and cream
Add enchantment to the dream
Till the setting sun tells ev’ryone
That day is done
The drive home after dark
Through country lanes to Paris
Will always serve to mark
A charming picnic in the park
So, make ev’ryday a holiday
And steal away to picnic in the park
Sung here by Vancha March: