He saw her in her bathing suit As she lay upon the golden sand She said I suppose that you're admiring My arms and legs because they're tanned But there's parts of me that you can't see And they're all white, old thing He said I bet they're better than all white I'll bet they're absolutely ravishing! She brought her ma as chaperone 'Cause you know what people say A girl's not safe, all on her own On the beach at St. Tropez She showed him a snap of her He said That bare midriff's not very chaste She said That's not a bare midriff That's Jack's bare arm around my waist He put his glasses on, and then He stared at the snap a little more Then he said I knew I'd never seen you wear a wristwatch there before She brought her ma as chaperone 'Cause you know what people say A girl's not safe all on her own, on the beach at St. Tropez Very soon, they were but friends And one day, he taught her how to swim First, the breast stroke, then the crawl While she clung on tight to him Then, Mama came down the promenade She saw them and cried Oh, deary me! If you're going to carry on like that You'd better both go into the sea She brought her ma as chaperone 'Cause you know what people say A girl's not safe all on her own, on the beach at St. Tropez Ma said Now you're 17, it is time you knew what's what So they talked about the facts of life And her mother learned an awful lot She said Never let him in your room She remembered what Mama had said And she never let him in her room She went along to his instead She brought her ma as chaperone 'Cause you know what people say A girl's not safe all on her own, on the beach at St. Tropez And so, mama sent her home For she feared that she might go astray Then, one day, she got a note From her boy in St. Tropez But the contents of the note he wrote Made her feel so very sad He said Today, I married your mama Yours with fond affection, Dad So, all you lovely British girls Listen carefully to what I say Bring your sister, not Mama When you come to St. Tropez