You and the Waltz and I

from Seven Sweethearts

lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

Remember Vienna, the beer garden tenor,

the concert in the park?

Troubles were fewer, the Blue Danube bluer,

and life then was a lark.

Suddenly came a new step,

and the Goosestep was unfurled,

Vienna let a tear drop

you could hear drop ‘round the world.

‘Twas waltztime in Vienna,

wine was flowing, hearts were gay,

Broken is the wineglass,

only mem’ries live today.

Vienna may be through,

but Strauss and Schubert cannot die.

Three things live forever,

You and the waltz and I.