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Meet Me in St. Louis
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Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the Fair

Don’t tell me the lights are shining

Anyplace but there

We will dance the “Hoochie-Koochie”

I will be your “Tootsie-Wootsie”

If you will meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the Fair.1

 

“Page 114: We presume that these bloomers, etc., will not include any intimate female garments. Page 123: We presume this drinking will be handled with care.”2

  • 1. Nota bene: “Louis” in the song is pronounced “LOO-ee”, akin to the French. The song is one of the few instances of pronouncing the city’s name that way. It is normally pronounced “LOO-is”.
  • 2. The censors at the Hays Office in a letter to Louis Burt Mayer about the final version of the script for Vincente Minnelli’s Meet Me in St. Louis.