| Oui c’est moi me voila je m’ram egrave
| Yes it's me, here I am, I'm rambling
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| J’ai vu London j’ai vu Turin
| I saw London I saw Turin
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| L’Autriche-Hongrie
| Austria-Hungary
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| Mais de Vienne il fallait que j’revienne
| But from Vienna I had to come back
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| Car je n’peux pas moi je vous l’dis
| Because I can't, I tell you
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| M’passer de Paris
| Do without Paris
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| Ce Paris qui pourtant vous chine tant et tant
| This Paris which nevertheless hunts you down so much
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| On dit que j’aime les aigrettes
| They say I like egrets
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| Les plumes et les toilettes
| Feathers and Toilets
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| C’est vrai
| It's true
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| On dit que j’ai la voix qui trait
| They say I have the voice that milks
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| En chantant mes rengaines
| Singing my tunes
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| C’est vrai
| It's true
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| Lorsque? | When? |
| monte trop haut moi je m’arrete
| climb too high me I stop
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| Et d’ailleurs on n’est pas ici agrave l’Op?
| And besides, we are not here at the Op?
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| On dit que j’ai l’nez en trompette
| They say I have a trumpet nose
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| Mais j’serais pas Mistinguett
| But I wouldn't be Mistinguett
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| Si j’ecoutais pas comme?
| If I didn't listen like?
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| Que c’est bon quand on vient d’Amsterdam
| How good it is when you come from Amsterdam
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| Et qu’on a vu pendant des mois des tas d’pays
| And that we have seen for months lots of countries
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| De retrouver le macadam de Paname
| To find the tarmac of Paname
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| Ses autobus et son? | His buses and his? |
| et ses taxis
| and its taxis
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| Paris et ses boulevards avec tous ses bobards
| Paris and its boulevards with all its canards
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| On dit que j’ai de grandes quenottes
| They say I have big teeth
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| Que je n’ai que trois notes
| That I only have three notes
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| C’est vrai
| It's true
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| On dit que j’aime jouer les?
| They say I like to play the?
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| Les marchandes de violettes
| The Violet Sellers
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| C’est vrai
| It's true
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| Mais ne voulant pas chiper aux grandes coquettes
| But not wanting to steal from the big coquettes
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| Leur dame aux cameacute lias moi j’vends mes?
| Their lady with camellias me I sell my?
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| On dit que j’ai de belles gambettes
| They say I have nice legs
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| Mais j’serais pas MistinguettSi j’ecoutais pas comme?
| But I wouldn't be Mistinguett If I didn't listen like?
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| On dit quand je fais mes emplettes
| They say when I'm shopping
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| Que j’paye pas c’que j’achete
| That I don't pay for what I buy
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| C’est vrai
| It's true
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| On dit partout et l’on?
| We say everywhere and we?
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| Que j'? | That I'? |
| pas mes?
| not my?
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| C’est vrai
| It's true
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| Mais si elle faisait comme moi pour sa galette
| But if she did like me for her cake
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| Marianne n’aurait pas un budget aussi bas
| Marianne wouldn't have such a low budget
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| Et si l’on mettait a la? | What if we put a la? |
| des finances Mistinguett
| Finance Mistinguett
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| On en serait pas la ! | We wouldn't be there! |