| Hello, hello, James, what's the news?
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| I haven't been home for a long time
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| Fifteen days since I'm away
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| Well, how are we doing?
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| It's all right, beautiful marquise,
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| Things go on and life is easy
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| No sad surprise
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| Except for a trifle:
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| So, nonsense, empty business,
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| Your mare has died,
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| Otherwise, beautiful marquise,
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| All is well, all is well!
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| Hello, hello, Martel, a terrible case,
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| My mare is dead
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| Tell me, my faithful coachman,
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| How did this death happen?
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| It's all right, beautiful marquise,
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| Everything is good as ever
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| Why grieve at a stupid surprise
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| Indeed, this is nonsense.
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| With a mare that - an empty case -
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| She burned down with the stable,
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| Otherwise, beautiful marquise,
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| All is well, all is well!
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| Hello, hello, Pascal, the mind is turbid,
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| What an incredible blow
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| Tell me the whole truth at once
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| When was the fire in the stable?
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| It's all right, beautiful marquise,
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| And we're doing well
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| But your fate, as you can see, from a whim
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| Another surprise came:
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| Your house burned down with the stable together,
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| When the whole estate was on fire,
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| Otherwise, beautiful marquise,
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| All is well, all is well!
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| Hello, hello, Luka, our castle burned down,
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| Oh how hard it is for me
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| I'm beside myself, tell me straight
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| How did it all happen?
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| Your husband, beautiful marquise, has recognized
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| That ruined himself and you,
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| He did not bear such a surprise.
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| And he shot himself at the same time.
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| Fallen dead by the stove
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| He knocked over two candles,
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| Candles fell on the carpet
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| And he blazed like a fire,
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| The weather was windy
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| Your castle burned to the ground
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| The fire burned the whole estate,
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| And in it he embraced the stable,
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| The stable was locked
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| And in it the mare died,
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| Otherwise, beautiful marquise,
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| All is well, all is well! |