| Il descend dans les grands hôtels
| He stays in the big hotels
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| Il a beaucoup de personnel
| He has a lot of staff
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| Il a aussi beaucoup d’argent
| He also has a lot of money
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| C’est pour ça qu’il est mon amant
| That's why he's my lover
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| C’est un Monsieur très distingué
| He is a very distinguished gentleman
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| C’est un Monsieur qui est marié
| He is a gentleman who is married
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| Ses enfants seront très bien él'vés;
| His children will be very well brought up;
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| Comme il se doit, sa femme est blonde
| As it should be, his wife is blonde
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| (Variante: Sa femme est née dans le grand monde)
| (Variation: His wife was born in the great world)
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| C’est un Monsieur très demandé
| He's a very popular gentleman
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| Tous les gens l'écoutent parler
| All the people hear him talk
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| Il est de la haute société
| He's high society
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| C’est c’qu’on appelle un homme du monde
| That's what we call a man of the world
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| 2. Il a aussi un petit chien
| 2. He also has a small dog
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| On dit qu’il fait beaucoup de bien
| It is said to do a lot of good
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| Sa femme, moi et puis le chien
| His wife, me and then the dog
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| Nous faisons partie de ses biens
| We are part of his possessions
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| C’est un Monsieur très distingué
| He is a very distinguished gentleman
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| C’est un Monsieur qui est marié
| He is a gentleman who is married
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| Ses enfants seront très bien él'vés
| His children will be very well brought up
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| Comme il se doit, je n’suis pas blonde
| As it should be, I'm not blonde
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| (Variante: Je n’suis pas née dans le grand monde.)
| (Variation: I wasn't born in the big world.)
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| Ce Monsieur-là peut tout ach’ter
| This gentleman can buy everything
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| Même l’illusion d'être aimé
| Even the illusion of being loved
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| Il est de la haute société
| He's high society
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| C’est c’qu’on appelle un homm' du monde
| That's what we call a man of the world
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| 3. Je sais pourtant qu’un jour viendra
| 3. Yet I know that one day will come
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| Où doucement, il me dira:
| Where softly he will say to me:
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| «Chère amie, je suis désolé
| "Dear friend, I'm sorry
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| Nos relations doivent cesser»
| Our relations must end”
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| C’est un Monsieur très distingué
| He is a very distinguished gentleman
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| C’est un Monsieur qui est marié
| He is a gentleman who is married
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| Ses enfants seront très bien él'vés
| His children will be very well brought up
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| Comme il se doit, sa femme est blonde
| As it should be, his wife is blonde
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| (Variante: Sa femme est née dans le grand monde.)
| (Variation: His wife was born in the great world.)
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| Je resterai seule à pleurer
| I'll be left alone crying
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| Mon amour sera bien payé
| My love will be well paid
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| C’est comm'ça dans la haut' société
| That's how it is in high society
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| C’est c’qu’on appelle les gens du monde | That's what we call people of the world |