Bohemia (Kern and Smith)

by Jerome Kern (music and lyrics) and Robert B. Smith (lyrics)

For works with similar titles, see Bohemia.

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[Verse]

In folly and flirtation,

I've a reputation,

Ev'rybody knows Praline,

in all the gay cafe's I'm seen,

Among the students I'm a queen!

I am a fav'rite daughter,

Of the Latin Quarter;

Where good fellows laugh at care,

The Tabarin entrancing,

Knows me for my dancing,

Ev'ry night you'll find me there,

In that Bohemia, the people praise

in novels and in plays.

[Refrain]

Oh it's a very jolly place,

if you can stand the pace,

Bohemia Bohemia

While you have a lot of money

you have lots of fun, You can have a lot of fun!

If you will answer to a touch,

You'll like it very much,

Bohemia Bohemia

And the motto there is,

"All for one, and I'm that one!"

[Verse]

Bohemians who borrow,

Say they'll pay tomorrow,

But tomorrow never comes,

So you may sit and twirl your thumbs,

While waiting for those little sums,

The friends who gaily toast you,

Turn around and roast you!

Soon as you are out of view,

There no-one's ever jealous,

So the novels tell us,

But I havn't found it true,

Oh that Bohemia, is just a trap

it is not on the map.

[Refrain]

Oh it's a very jolly place,

if you can stand the pace,

Bohemia Bohemia

While you have a lot of money

you have lots of fun, You can have a lot of fun!

If you will answer to a touch,

You'll like it very much,

Bohemia Bohemia

And the motto there is,

"All for one, and I'm that one!"