| Maryline (original) | Maryline (translation) |
|---|---|
| Elle portait des chapeaux trop grands | She wore hats that were too big |
| Des chapeaux géants | giant hats |
| Sa couturière avait cents ans | Her seamstress was a hundred years old |
| Mais plus beaucoup de dents | But not many more teeth |
| Elle n’avait connu qu’un amant | She had only known one lover |
| Mort depuis longtemps | long dead |
| Ah ah ah ah | Ah ah ah ah |
| Maryline | Maryline |
| Elle parlait d’un guerrier maya | She was talking about a Mayan warrior |
| Qui coupait les doigts | who cut off his fingers |
| Elle fumait de drôles de tabacs | She smoked funny tobaccos |
| Et rêvait tout bas | And dreamed low |
| Qu’elle était la reine de Saba | That she was the Queen of Sheba |
| Moi Casanova | Me Casanova |
| Ah ah ah ah | Ah ah ah ah |
| Maryline | Maryline |
| Elle pleurait en faisant l’amour | She was crying while making love |
| Mais pas de discours | But no speech |
| Elle disait tout avec les mains | She said everything with her hands |
| Pas d’alexandrins | No alexandrines |
| Et quand elle m’a dit au revoir | And when she said goodbye to me |
| Pas de mouchoir | No handkerchief |
| Ah ah ah ah | Ah ah ah ah |
| Maryline | Maryline |
| Maryline | Maryline |
| Maryline | Maryline |
