Comb and paper polka lyrics
by Doris Day



Beneath an open window
There stood a shy ant fellow
Who played an comb and paper
To serenade his love
He couldn’t play piano
The fiddle or the cello
He played a comb and paper
To serenade his love
When he played like this

Then he played once more

That’s when she showed him
What her ruby lips were for
And there beneath her window
She kissed the shy ant fellow
Who played a comb and paper
To serenade his love

(Then he played his tune again)
And they danced the polka
To his catchy melody
(Soon they stopped to spoon again)
And she whispered: hold me in your arms forever
(So beneath the moon again)
As he played his serenade the whole night through
(Just as the stars were fading from the blue)
She whispered: darling I love you

(Each night beneath her window
That not so shy ant fellow
Still plays his comb and paper
To serenade his love
He never plays piano
The fiddle or cello
He plays his comb and paper
To serenade his love)

When he plays like this

Then he play some more
That’s when she showed him
What her ruby lips were for
And there beneath her window
Their arms around each other
They play and tune together
The comb and paper polka