A popular song from 1918
Words and music by Edgar Leslie and Harry Ruby
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Sweet Marie, in gay Paree
Had a motor car
It filled her heart with joy
To drive a Yankee boy
On the sly, she’d wink her eye
If one came her way
She’d stop her motor car
And then she’d say
Chorus:
“Come on papa, hop in ze motor car
Sit by mamma, and hold ze hand
You start to raise for me
What zay call ze deuce
I’ll be so sweet to you
Like ze Charlotte Russe
Come on papa, beneath the shining star
Bounce your babe upon ze knee
I’ll give you ze kiss like ze mam’selles do
Each time you ask for one I’ll give you two
Comme ci, comme ca
And when you’re in ze car, you love mamma
Oo-la-la! Oo-la-la! Come on papa”
2. Yankee boys make lots of noise
When they’re in Paree
They like to promenade
Upon ze Boulevard
They all know Marie and so
Any time she’s near
They knock each other down
Each time they hear