Silk stockings, I touch them and find, The joys that remind me of you . . . Silk stockings, That give me again, Your shy laughter when, They were new . . . Silk stockings, What bliss they recall, When love promised all, Forever more . . . A pair of silk stockings, So soft and so sheer, The dear silk stockings you wore! Silk stockings, What bliss they recall, When love promised all, Forever more! ( A pair of silk . . . ) Silk stockings, So soft and so sheer, The dear silk stockings you wore!