once upon a summertime, if you recall   we stopped beside a little flower stall   a bunch of bright forget-me-nots   was all I'd let you buy me      once upon a summertime, just like today   we laughed the happy afternoon away   and stole a kiss in every street café      you were sweeter than the blossoms on the tree   I was as proud as any girl could be   as if the mayor had offered me the key to paris      now, another winter has come and gone   the pigeons feeding in the square have flown   but I remember when the vespers chime   you loved me, once upon a summertime