| Je me souviens du bord de mer
| I remember the seaside
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| Avec ses filles au teint si clair
| With his daughters so fair
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| Elles avaient l'âme hospitalière
| They had a hospitable soul
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| C'était pas fait pour me déplaire
| It was not made to displease me
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| Naives autant qu’elles étaient belles
| Naive as much as they were beautiful
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| On pouvait lire dans leurs prunelles
| You could read in their eyes
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| Qu’elles voulaient pratiquer le sport
| That they wanted to play sports
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| Pour garder une belle ligne de corps
| To keep a beautiful body line
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| Et encore, et encore
| And again, and again
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| Z’auraient pus danser la java
| We could have danced the java
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| Z'étaient chouettes les filles du bord de mer
| The girls by the sea were nice
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| Z'étaient faites pour qui savait y faire
| They were made for who knew what to do
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| Y’en avait une qui s’apelait Eve
| There was one called Eve
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| C'était vraiment la fille d’mes rêves
| She really was the girl of my dreams
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| Elle n’avait qu’un seul défaut
| She only had one flaw
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| Elle se baignait plus qu’il ne faut
| She was bathing more than necessary
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| Plutôt qu’d’aller chez le masseur
| Rather than going to the masseur
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| Elle invitait le premier baigneur
| She invited the first bather
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| A tâter du côté de son coeur
| To feel on the side of his heart
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| En douceur, en douceur
| Smooth, smooth
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| En douceur et profondeur
| Smooth and deep
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| Z'étaient chouettes les filles du bord de mer
| The girls by the sea were nice
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| Z'étaient faites pour qui savait y faire
| They were made for who knew what to do
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| Lui pardonnant cette manière
| Forgiving him this way
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| J’lui proposas de partager ma vie
| I offered him to share my life
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| Mais dès que revint l'été
| But as soon as summer returns
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| Je commençai à m’inquièter
| I started to worry
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| Car sur les bords d’la Mer du Nord
| Because on the shores of the North Sea
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| Elle se remit à faire du sport
| She resumed exercising
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| Je tolérais ce violon d’Ingres
| I tolerated this Ingres violin
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| Sinon elle devenait malingre
| Otherwise she would become sickly
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| Puis un beau jour j’en ai eu marre
| Then one fine day I got fed up
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| C'était pis que la mer à boire
| It was worse than the sea to drink
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| J’lai refilé à un gigolo
| I gave it to a gigolo
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| Et j’ai nagé vers d’autres eaux
| And I swam to other waters
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| En douceur, en douceur
| Smooth, smooth
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| Z'étaient chouettes les filles du bord de mer
| The girls by the sea were nice
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| Z'étaient faites pour qui savait y leur plaire | They were made for those who knew how to please them |