| C'était une vraie fleur d’amour
| It was a real flower of love
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| Et quand un jour dans le faubourg
| And when one day in the suburb
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| Ses jolis yeux bleus et son regard si doux
| Her pretty blue eyes and her gaze so sweet
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| Rendaient les hommes amoureux fous
| Driven men in love crazy
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| On la rencontrait le sam’di
| We met her on Saturday
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| Dans les musettes de Paris
| In the bagpipes of Paris
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| Dès qu’elle entrait fallait voir tous les copains
| As soon as she entered you had to see all the friends
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| Courir pour lui serrer la main
| Run to shake his hand
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| C'était un rayon de bonheur
| It was a ray of happiness
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| Qu’elle apportait dans tous les coeurs
| That she brought in all hearts
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| Musette, brunette
| Mustard, brunette
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| Jolie poupée d’amour
| cute love doll
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| Quand on a valsé avec toi
| When we waltzed with you
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| On a le béguin malgré soi
| We have a crush in spite of ourselves
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| Musette, coquette
| Musette, flirtatious
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| On t’aimera toujours
| We will always love you
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| C’est toi la reine des musettes
| You are the queen of bagpipes
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| Musette
| haversack
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| Mais un beau jour le p’tit Léon
| But one fine day little Leon
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| Un des as de l’accordéon
| One of the aces of the accordion
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| Dit à Musette: «J'ai l’gros béguin pour toi
| Said to Musette: "I have a big crush on you
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| Veux-tu te marier avec moi?»
| Do you want to marry me?"
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| Musette en riant dit: «T'es fou,
| Musette laughingly said, "You're crazy,
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| Moi me mettre la corde au cou?
| Me put the noose around my neck?
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| Quitter les amis, le Paris, le Faubourg,
| Leave friends, Paris, Faubourg,
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| Et mon quartier où j’ai vu l’jour?
| And my neighborhood where I was born?
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| J’aime mieux rester parmi vous
| I prefer to stay with you
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| Je ne veux pas faire de jaloux»
| I don't want to make anyone jealous"
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| Musette, brunette
| Mustard, brunette
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| Jolie poupée d’amour
| cute love doll
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| Quand on a valsé avec toi
| When we waltzed with you
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| On a le béguin malgré soi
| We have a crush in spite of ourselves
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| Musette, coquette
| Musette, flirtatious
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| On t’aimera toujours
| We will always love you
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| C’est toi la reine des musettes
| You are the queen of bagpipes
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| Musette. | Mustard. |