Merrily, merrily dance they yet,
The foolish clown and the gay soubrette,
Bowing, smiling, hand in hand,
See! At the end of the act they stand
To meet the applause that thunders down,
The gay soubrette and the circus clown.
Merrily, merrily dance we yet,
Like the foolish clown and the gay soubrette,
And what's to the world when the curtain's down
The gay soubrette or the circus clown?