Summer Song... Once Upon A Summertime

Once upon a summertime if you recall

We stopped beside a little 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

& stole a kiss in every street cafe

You were sweeter

 Than the blossom on the tree

I was as proud as any boy could be

As if the major had offered me the key,

The key to Paris

Now another wintertime has come & 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 has come & gone

The pigeons feeding in the square have flown

But I remember when the vespers chime

You loved me once upon a summertime...

Johnny Mercer/Michele Legrand

1958