a 1922 popular song
words by Dion Titheradge
music by Kenneth Duffield
From the cabaret show “Pot Luck” at the Vaudeville Theatre London
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- There was a girl with a Grecian name
And men were rather shy to come and call
Each one she met seemed to think the same
She couldn’t make them understand at all
They thought that she was “high brow”
Till a poet came along
He heard her name and loved it
So he sang to her this song:
Refrain:
“My sweet Calypso! I dream of you
And all the legends of Greece come true
For since you came to me
You seem the same to me
As that sweet siren all the heroes knew
I know she lured men with a woman’s wiles
Just as you lure me with your tender smiles
Give me the kisses that she gave to Ulysses
That sweet Calypso of the Grecian Isles”
- Pretty Calypso is quite content
And men are rather sorry that they missed
Hours of delight that they might have spent
And rosy lips that waited to be kissed
And all because a poet saw the beauty of her name
And sang this little song to her
And loved her just the same
Sung here by Fred Feild: