In a Café on the Road to Calais
A tune that is almost forgotten catches my attention because there is a version by Noble Sissle and his Orchestra (rejected but saved) recorded in New York 1931 where Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet play short solos. So here is my current version. I guess that it is the tale of an American soldier who had a flirt with a French beauty and cannot forget her.
Cherie, how I recall the night when you danced for me
In a Café on the Road to Calais.
Cherie, were you just fooling me when you said "Oui Oui,"
In a Café on the Road to Calais?
You promised me that you'd be true, the day we said "Adieu,"
Was I the only one you gave your precious kisses to?
Cherie, will I return to find just a memory?
In a Café on the Road to Calais?