Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis better known as just Meet Me in St. Louis, was a popular song from 1904 which celebrated the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, i.e the St. Louis World's Fair. It was recorded by many artists such as Billy Murray.

The song and the fair were focal points of the Judy Garland move, Meet Me in St. Louis.

"Louis" in the song is pronounced "Loo-ee", akin to the French. The song is one of the few instances of pronouncing the city's name that way. It is normally pronounced "Loo-is".

The song, which is generally styled in the form of a Limerick, has many and varied verses, few of which are remembered today, only the chorus.

Verse 1

When Louis came home to the flat

He hung up his coat and his hat

He gazed all around

But no wifey he found

So he said, "Where can Flossie be at?"

A note on the table he spied

He read it just once, then he cried

It ran, "Louis, dear,"

"It's too slow for me here,"

"So I think I will go for a ride..."

Verse 2

The dresses that hung in the hall

Were gone, she had taken them all

She took all his rings

And the rest of his things

The picture he missed from the wall

"What, moving?" the janitor said

"Your rent is paid three months ahead!"

"What good is the flat?"

Said poor Louis, "Read that!"

And the janitor smiled as he read...

Chorus

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the Fair

Don't tell me the lights are shining

Anyplace 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.

St. Louis music