The Streets of Paris

• Original Broadway Production (1939)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Theatre Marigny Dressing Room (sketch)
• Streets of Paris, The
• Ensemble Speaks, The (sketch)
• In Paris (sketch)
• Customs (sketch)
• Thanks for the Francs
• Photographer, The (sketch)
• Danger in the Dark
• Queen of Paris, The (sketch)
• Three Little Maids
• Is It Possible?
• Moment in Montmarte, A (sketch)
• On the Boulevarde (sketch)
• Doin' the Chamberlain
  • aka Doing the Chamberlain [no note]
• Water, Water (sketch)
• Rendezvous Time in Paris
• Monsieur 'Think a Drink' Hoffman (sketch)
• Convicts Return, The (sketch)
• Ben Dova (sketch)
• South American Way
• History Is Made at Night
• No?l Coward Custom, A (sketch)
• We Live on Love
  • aka We Haven't Got a Pot to Cook In [no note]
• Robert the Roue
• Rest Cure (sketch)
• Ward and Van (sketch)
• Spy, The (sketch)
• Reading, Writing and a Little Bit of Rhythm
• That's Music (sketch)
• French Have a Word for It, The

Added during run

• In My Memoirs
• Touradas Em Madrid
• Co, Co, Co, Co, Co, Co, Ro
• Bambu Bambu
• Que A Que A Bahiana Tem
• Mama, Eu Quero
  • aka I Want My Mama [no note]
  • aka Mama Eu Quero [no note]
• Le Fiacre
  • aka The Cab [no note]
• J'attendrai

For many years collectors argued about the selections Carmen Miranda did in this show. No books listed anything except 'South American Way' yet Decca issued a 78 album of six songs in 1940 where the label of each stated 'from THE STREETS OF PARIS'. The single versions of these songs had this statement on only 'South American Way' and 'Touradas Em Madrid', which had been issued back to back. In earlier versions of this work these were not listed as being from the show although it was known that stars are often given spots in a show even though the songs may not be identified in the program. More recently Jean Sablon, in his book 'De France Ou Bien d'Ailleurs', mentioned the fact that Carmen Miranda was given a spot with five additional songs before the end of the first act. This statement, along with the fact that Decca relabeled the songs as being from this show, is taken as proof that the songs in question were indeed in the show. Sablon also mentions that he was given two songs just before the end of the run of the show. One of them was 'Le Fiacre' ('The Cab') and the other was 'J'eattendrai'. He did not perform his extra songs until two nights before the show closed.