On the Boulevard

From burlesque “Whoop Dee Doo”, 1903
Words by Edgar Smith
Music by Alfred Muller-Norden

The sheet music:

On the Boulevard – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

On_The_Boulevard – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Blase globe trotters are said to remark
    “See Paris, old chap and die”
    Which sounds like a pointer on suicide
    That isn’t worth while to try
    The gentlemen probably mean to say
    That life of the brand “Tra-la”
    Is served in the most satisfactory way
    In Paree on the boulevard

Chorus:
Houp la! La joie et la frivolite, my boy
And there in the air, girls everywhere
And lingerie to make a fellow stare
Come ca, come ca, oh la, la Houpla
The paradise of jollity
You may seek near and far
But you will find the home of la Vie
Is on the boulevard

  1. Al fresco table, Cafe de la Paix
    An absinthe and cigarette
    A dreamy impression pervades your mind
    That all the world’s in your debt
    Borne on the breeze of the Summer night
    Comes a strain from the grand opera
    You’re king for an hour
    Tho’ you have not a sous
    In Paree on the boulevard

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: