(J.Mercer, E.Marnay, M.Legrand & E.Barclay)
Once upon a summertime if you recall
We stopped beside then in a flower stall
bunch of bright forget-me-nots
Was all I let you buy me
Once upon a summertime just like today
We laughed the happy afternoon away
And stole a kiss in every street cafe
You were sweeter than the blossom on the tree
I was as proud as any girl could be
As if the major had offered me the key, the key to Paris
Now another wintertime [bad word] and gone
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
But I remember when the vespers chime
You loved me once upon a summertime
Tous les lilas, tous les lilas de mai
N'en finiront, n'en finiront jamais
De faire la fete du coeur
Des jeunes qui s'aiment
S'aiment, s'aiment
Now another wintertime [bad word] and gone
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
But I remember when the vespers chime
You loved me once upon a summertime...