Simply a Waltz


"Simply a Waltz" is a song by Édith Piaf, with music and lyrics by Norman Wallace. It was the only song Piaf never sang in French. In 1950 Piaf recorded “Simply a Waltz”, along with “La Vie en rose,” “Hymn to Love,” “The Three Bells,” at Columbia's Paris studio. Piaf performed the song at a dinner for General Eisenhower in 1952, a few months before he was elected President.