Once upon a summertime if you recall
   We stopped beside then in a flower stall
   A 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 café
   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 has come 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 fête du coeur
   Des jeunes qui s’aiment
   S’aiment, s’aiment
   Now another wintertime has come and gone
   The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
   But I remember when the vespers chime
   You loved me once upon a summertime...