Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the Fair
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Anyplace but there
We will dance the "Hoochie-Koochie"
I will be your "Tootsie-Wootsie"
If you will meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the Fair.
The dresses that hung in the hall
Were gone, she had taken them all
She took all his rings
And the rest of his things
The picture he missed from the wall
"What, moving?" the janitor said
"Your rent is paid three months ahead!"
"What good is the flat?"
Said poor Louis, "Read that!"
And the janitor smiled as he read...
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the Fair
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Anyplace but there
We will dance the "Hoochie-Koochie"
I will be your "Tootsie-Wootsie"
If you will meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the Fair.
We'll go up in a great big balloon
And airships that fly to the moon,
And just to relax
We will float on our backs
In a gondola on the lagoon.
Then under the sea to Paris!
Just Tootsie, Agnes, and me.
We'll end up the day with a fireworks display.
They'll be so much to see and to do.
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the Fair
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Anyplace but there
We will dance the "Hoochie-Koochie"
I will be your "Tootsie-Wootsie"
If you will meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the Fair.
Lew Woods was the name of a horse,
that ran at the New Orleans course,
I played him one day
for a dollar each way,
and I charged it to profit and loss;
He started to run in the wet,
the son of a gun's running yet,
That crazy old skate,
he made straight for the gate,
and I hollered, “Hey Lew! don't forget.”
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Take my tip and don't stop running
Until you are there,
You're a wonder that's no liesky,
If you don't fall down and diesky,
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair
There came to the gay tenderloin,
a Jay who had money to burn,
The poor simple soul
showed a girlie his roll,
and she said, “for some wine dear, I yearn.”
A bottle and bird right away,
she touched him then said, “I can't stay.”
He sighed, “Tell me, sweet,
where can you and I meet?”
and the orchestra started to play.
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Any place but there;
I'll be waiting there my honey,
To divorce you from your money,
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
The clerks in the bank said, “It's queer,
did anyone see the cashier?
It's way after time,
and we haven't a dime,
we can't open the safe 'till he's here.”
The President shook his gray head,
“Send out for an expert,” he said,
The door's opened wide,
not a cent was inside,
just a card, that was all, and it read:
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
All the boys and all the girls
Are going to be there;
If they ask about the cashier,
You can say he cuts a dash here,
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair
In church sat a man near the door,
asleep, he was starting to snore,
The Minister rose,
and he said, “We will close
singing, Meet on the Beautiful Shore.”
The man in the back then awoke,
he caught the last words that he spoke;
He said, “Parson White,
you can meet me all right,
but The Beautiful Shore is a joke.”
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Any place but there;
I'll be waiting at the station,
For the whole darned congregation,
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair
Nothin' yet.
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