Tonight For Sure - Ruth Wallis



     
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Tonight For Sure Lyrics


You don’t have to parlez-vous
To understand the story I’m telling you
It was a mademoiselle in gay Paris
For years and years she hadn’t said, “Oui, oui”
When she met a handsome stevedore
She thought, “What in the world am I saving it for?”
I want a little amour toujours
Baby, it’s gotta be tonight for sure
Tonight, tonight, by candle shine
All that’s yours is going to be mine
She was at the Maida looking for a squeeze
No one had ever filled up her diaries
She said, “Cheri, I’ve waited long
Hope it’s not too late for you to do me wrong”
I want a little amour toujours
Baby, it’s gotta be tonight for sure
Tonight, tonight, at 8 o’clock

If you’ve got the key it will fit the lock
I had a very handsome boyfriend once
So big and so strong but such a dunce
He treated me fair but he was a square
He knew when but he didn’t know where
I want a little amour toujours
Baby, it’s gotta be tonight for sure
Tonight, tonight, by half past nine
You’ll be putting in some overtime
Most ladies like men who are big and tall
But I don’t mind if you’re short and small
I never measure ounce for ounce
After all honey, it’s the punch that counts
I want a little amour te jour
Baby, it’s gotta be tonight for sure
Tonight, tonight, by candle glow
My dear I know your love will grow
I always used to dream of Charles Boyer
I’d hope he’d drop in on me someday
Although you have no claim to fame
They tell me with the lights off, it’s all the same
I want a little amour toujours
Baby, it’s gotta be tonight for sure
We’ll be wed, you’ll share my bread
And mine will be thine, and thine will be mine
All of the time
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Lyrics submitted by Bill Gale.

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Ruth Wallis (5 January 1920 – 22 December 2007) was a novelty cabaret singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Wallis began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards, but gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s for her risqué, satirical songs, rife with double entendre that she wrote herself. She did have a mainstream hit with "Dear Mr. Godfrey," a song about his public firing of Julius La Rosa.

She sang with a studio orchestra and often took on an accent for songs about characters from other countries. Her music was occasionally featured on the Doctor Demento show in the 1970s.

She started singing in lounges and cocktail bars, where she met her husband Hy Pastman. Eventually it became clear that her novelty songs, which relied mostly upon double entendres, were the most popular. These songs discussed a number of topics that were taboo in fifties America, such as homosexuality and infidelity. For this reason, her songs were banned from Boston radio stations. She often had difficulty securing distribution for her works, so she started her own record label, Wallis Original Recordings. When she arrived in Australia for a tour customs agents seized her records. Rather than ruin her career, this only brought out crowds. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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