| Perrine était servante
| Perrine was a servant
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| Perrine était servante
| Perrine was a servant
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| Chez Monsieur le Curé, digue donda dondaine
| Chez Monsieur le Curé, digue donda dondaine
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| Chez Monsieur le Curé, digue donda dondé!
| At Monsieur le Curé, dike donda dondé!
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| Son amant vint la vouère
| Her lover came to her
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| Son amant vint la vouère
| Her lover came to her
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| Un soir après le dîner…
| One evening after dinner...
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| Perrine, ô ma Perrine
| Perrine, oh my Perrine
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| Perrine, ô ma Perrine
| Perrine, oh my Perrine
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| Je voudrais bien t’embrasser…
| I would like to kiss you...
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| grand nigaud que t’es bête
| you stupid fool
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| grand nigaud que t’es bête
| you stupid fool
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| Ça se fait sans se demander…
| It's done without wondering...
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| Voilà Monsieur le curé qu’arrive
| Here comes Monsieur le curé
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| Voilà Monsieur le curé qu’arrive
| Here comes Monsieur le curé
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| Où je va t’y bien me cacher…
| Where am I going to hide...
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| Cache-toi dedans la huche!
| Hide in the hutch!
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| Cache-toi dedans la huche!
| Hide in the hutch!
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| Le ne saura pas te trouver…
| The won't know how to find you...
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| Il y resta six semaines
| Six weeks left
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| Il y resta six semaines
| Six weeks left
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| Elle l’avait oublié…
| She had forgotten him...
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| Au bout de six semaines
| After six weeks
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| Au bout de six semaines
| After six weeks
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| Les rats l’avaient bouffé…
| The rats had eaten it...
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| Ils avaient rongé son crâne
| They had gnawed his skull
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| Ils avaient rongé son crâne
| They had gnawed his skull
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| Et puis tous les doigts de pied…
| And then all the toes...
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| On fit creuser son crâne
| We had his skull carved out
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| On fit creuser son crâne
| We had his skull carved out
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| Pour faire un bénitier…
| To make a font…
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| On fit monter ses jambes
| We got her legs up
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| On fit monter ses jambes
| We got her legs up
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| Pour faire deux chandeliers…
| To make two candlesticks...
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| Voila la triste histoire
| Here's the sad story
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| Voila la triste histoire
| Here's the sad story
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| D’un jeune homme à marier…
| From a young man to marry...
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| Qu’allait trop voir les filles
| That the girls were going to see too much
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| Qu’allait trop voir les filles
| That the girls were going to see too much
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| Le soir après le dîner… | The evening after dinner... |