Lyrics of La cane de Jeanne - Georges Brassens

La cane de Jeanne (original)

La cane
De Jeanne
Est morte au gui l’an neuf
Elle avait fait, la veille
Merveille!
Un oeuf!
La cane
De Jeanne
Est morte d’avoir fait
Du moins on le présume
Un rhume
Mauvais!
La cane
De Jeanne
Est morte sur son oeuf
Et dans son beau costume
De plumes
Tout neuf!
La cane
De Jeanne
Ne laissant pas de veuf
C’est nous autres qui eûmes
Les plumes
Et l’oeuf!
Tous, toutes
Sans doute
Garderons longtemps le
Souvenir de la cane
De Jeanne
Morbleu!

(translation)

The cane
From Jeanne
Died on mistletoe in the year nine
She had done, the day before
Wonder!
An egg!
The cane
From Jeanne
died of having done
At least we presume
A cold
Bad!
The cane
From Jeanne
Died on her egg
And in his fine suit
Feathers
Brand new!
The cane
From Jeanne
leaving no widower
It was we who had
Feathers
And the egg!
All
Without a doubt
We will keep it for a long time
Memory of the cane
From Jeanne
Morbleu!