"Time, tide or trolley wait for no man"

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis
Meet me at the fair,
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Any place 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

Music from the St. Louis World's Fair. Lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling.
Music by Frederick Allen "Kerry" Mills, 1869-1948
Published 1904, by F.A. Mills, 48 W. 29 St., New York
[Note: In this song "Louis" is pronounced "Louie."]


Vincente Minnelly, 1944