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The Songs
Paris inspires America's songwriters just as it inspires her writers. Here, a dollop of songs written by Americans that commemorate the City of Lights.
I Love Paris
by Cole Porter
Paris, why oh why do I love Paris
Because my love is here...
You Don't Know Paree
by Cole Porter
You may know Paris, you don't know Paree...
Last Time I Saw Paris
by Oscar Hammerstein II
The last time I saw Paris,
Her heart was warm and gay.
I heard the laughter of her heart in ev'ry street café...
April in Paris
by E.Y. Harburg &
Vernon Duke
April in Paris, this is a feeling
That no one can ever reprise...
Parisian Thoroughfare
by Clifford Brown & Max Roach