Ben Franklin in Paris

• Original Broadway Production (1964)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• We Sail the Seas
• I Invented Myself
• Too Charming
• Whatever Became of Old Temple
• Half the Battle
• A Balloon Is Ascending
• To Be Alone With You
• You're in Paris
• How Laughable It Is
• Hic Haec Hoc
• God Bless the Human Elbow
• When I Dance with the Person I Love
• Diane Is
• Look for Small Pleasures
• I Love the Ladies

Cut during tryout

• Those Are the Happy Times
• Since Last We Talked Alone
• Tis Incredible as Love
  • aka 'Tis Incredible as Love [no note]

Cut during/prior to rehearsals

• Until You're Recognized
• Minute Minuet
• Benjamin Did It
• A Clockwork Toy
• The Things I've Done
• Won't They Be Surprised
• French Wench
• Hot Chocolate Days
• Take Up with an Older Woman
• Damn the Woman
• Lightning Rod Interlude
• Rocking Chair Interlude

• Composer Demo [audio]
• Studio Demo [audio]

Ben Franklin travels to France to persuade its king to recognize America as a country. While there, he courts a countess.

Jerry Herman wrote two of the show's songs: "Too Charming" and "To Be Alone With You."