Hugo and Petulia

Hugo and Petulia were husband and wife in all but name They lived in a first floor apartment above the Seine She was a Moulin Rouge dancer sadly he was lame He went out one night alone never came back again They were a well established part of the cafe set Always seen sat at the same table even when wet He dressed very sober she often dressed peculiar This is how people recognized Hugo and Petulia Hugo cut a lonely figure in his darker days Petulia would coax him out she had her ways He once wandered off went missing for a week By November his desperation was at its peak Hugo and Petulia were husband and wife in all but name They lived in a first floor apartment above the Seine She was a Moulin Rouge dancer sadly he was lame He went out one night alone never came back again Hugo started to complain of neighbour strife Suddenly one Autumn evening he took his life Petulia struggled with this withdrew inside herself Now twelve months on she still gets by with stealth Hugo and Petulia were husband and wife in all but name They lived in a first floor apartment above the Seine She was a Moulin Rouge dancer sadly he was lame He went out one night alone never came back again They lived in a first floor apartment above the Seine He went out one night alone never came back again Never came back again