Sung by MRS HOWARD PAUL with
           Enthusiastic Applause
Mrs
Howard Paul's
Great
"Sneezing Song" (1866)
[Words] From the French by
Dr. W[illiam]. J[ames]. Wetmore.
[Music] By X. Mergy.


New York
Published by Wm. HALL & Son, 543 Broadway
Boston. H. TOLMAN & CO.
New Haven, Conn. SKINNER & SPERRY.
Chicago. ROOT & CADY.
New Orleans. L. GRUNEWELD.
Plate No. 6174
[Source: 053/059@Levy]

1. Ye gentlemen and ladies fair,
  On my affliction pity take;
For when I show the greatest care,
  A perfect sound I cannot make:
I stammer when I try to sing,
  The more I strive, the worse it grows;
Oh! it is like a little sting,—
  This tickling in the nose.

[CHORUS sung after each VERSE]
Trou la la trou la la
lai di outai
lai di outai
trou la la trou la la
lai di ou la ou tou
trouli ouda
coumma— la la
la la la la la
trou li ou da
 coumma—  la la la
trouli ouda
coumma— la la
la la la la la
trou li ou
da coumma— la la la
Pim! pim! Tchi!
la la
trou la la lai di outai
lai di outai
trou la la
tou la la l
ai di ou la ou tou.

2. I try a malady to cure,
  With drugs and potions day by day;
And still the evil I endure,
  Although a year has roll’d away:
The drinks I take disturb my heart,
  And if I snuff— O, horrid woes!
It seems my senses will depart,
  This tickling in my nose.

3. If I to soirée dare to go,
  With gentlemen of manners fine;
And they should ask a sweet morceau,
  I could not sing a single line:
My voice— it then begins to fail,
  The company impatient grows;
I tell them ’tis of no avail—
  This tickling in my nose.

4. I’ll review my history o’er,
  To you my stammering to explain;
Drings, baths, nor drugs will I want more,
  To dissipate and ease my pain:
But ladies fair and gentlemen,
  ’Tis you alone can give repose;
If you are pleased— ’tis truly then
  The heart that tickles not the nose.