Vive La France (Published version)

Written for: Wonder Bar (1934)
Performer: Al Jolson
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1934
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Verse:

There comes a time when ev'ryone must go to gay Paree,
To play there,
It's gay there!
There comes a time when ev'ryone must learn to say, "Oui, oui,"
With a, "Comme ci,"
And a, "Comme ca."
Nebraska haberdashers cross the pond
To croon this tune to song blonde demimonde:

Chorus 1:

The girls are fairer
Down on the Riviera;
So, give a, "Vive la, vive la France."
The wine is stronger;
The kisses linger longer,
So, give a, "Vive la, vive la France."
See all the charms of
The quaint old Latin Quarter;
Be in the arms of
A lovely Latin daughter.
So, let's make whoopee
And go, "Boop-boop-dee-oo-pee;"
And give a, "Vive la, vive la France!"

Chorus 2:

The girls are fairer
Down on the Riviera;
So, give a, "Vive la, vive la France."
The wine is stronger,
The kisses linger longer;
So, give a, "Vive la, vive la France."
See all the charms of
The quaint old Latin Quarter;
Be in the arms of
A lovely Latin daughter.
So, let's make whoopee
And go, "Boop-boop-dee-oo-pee;"
And give a "Vive la, vive la…"
Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong,
"Vive, vive la France!"