A 1897 popular song.
Words by Edgar Smith.
Music by Nat. Mann.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. A shy mam’zelle you see
N’est pas? N’est pas?
I come from gay Paree
Comme ca, comme ca
A modest ingenue
Je suis, Je suis
I think I have ze chic, don’t you
Oui, oui, oui, oui
CHORUS
You would like to hug and kiss
This dainty little miss
Just so! Just so!
But you horrid men, I fear
So do not come so near
Non! Non! Non! Non! res-te-la!
2. When I go promenade
Je suis, au fait!
I own ze boulevarde
Les doux cotes
But when I cross ze street
Comme ca, Comme ca
Ze men all follow at my feet
Pour quoi? pour quoi?