Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis

Meet me in St. Louie, Louie,Meet me at the fair.

When Louie came home to the flat,He hung up his coat and hat.He gazed all around but no wifey he found,So he said “Where can Flossie be at?”

A note on the table he spied,He read it just once, then he criedIt ran, “Louie dear, it’s too slow for me here,So I think I will go for a ride.”

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Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, Meet me at the fair,Don’t tell me the lights are shining any place but there.We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,I will be your tootsie wootsie,If you meet me in St. Louie, Louie, 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 a-head”“What good is the flat?” said poor Louie “Read that.”And the janitor smiled as he read.

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Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the fair,Don’t tell me the lights are shining any place but there.We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,I will be your tootsie wootsie,If you meet me in St. Louie, Louie, Meet me at the fair.

The janitor continued to read,"Oh Louie please come, won't you please?They've got ice cream cones here, & a ferris wheel dear,And a palace of electricity.

Forty-three of the forty-five statesExhibit here as of this date.And countries have come, sixty-two the last sum!Nothing else in this world is so great.

Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis (Page 4)

Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the fair,Don’t tell me the lights are shining any place but there.We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,I will be your tootsie wootsie,If you meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the fair.

So Louie decided to goHe missed his sweet beau Flo.He took the next train, he was going insaneFor the train it was moving too slow.

So he jumped off the train and he ranHe didn't have much of a planBut he loved Flossie dear, he just had to be nearthe greatest achievement of man.

Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis (Page 5)

Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the fair,Don’t tell me the lights are shining any place but there.We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,I will be your tootsie wootsie,If you meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the fair.

Meet me at the fair.