| Dans l' jardin des Tuileries
| In the Tuileries Garden
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| Y a les moineaux d' Paris
| There are the sparrows of Paris
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| Et puis il y a aussi
| And then there's also
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| Tous les jours à midi
| Every day at noon
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| Une jolie fillette
| A pretty little girl
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| Qui leur jette des miettes
| Who throws them crumbs
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| Car les oiseaux d' Paris
| Because the birds of Paris
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| Doivent manger aussi
| must eat too
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| Des petits cheveux blonds
| short blond hair
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| Frisée comme un mouton
| Curly like a sheep
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| Bouclette
| Loop
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| D’adorables fossettes
| adorable dimples
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| Et de jolies mirettes
| And pretty peepers
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| Bouclette
| Loop
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| Elle est née dans l' quartier
| She was born in the neighborhood
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| De la rue du Sentier
| From Rue du Sentier
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| Elle travaille comme arpète
| She works as an arpete
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| Dans la rue de la Paix
| In Peace Street
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| Un p’tit cœur bien honnête
| A very honest little heart
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| Bat sous sa chemisette
| Beats under his shirt
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| Bouclette
| Loop
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| Mais à l'âge d’aimer
| But at the age of loving
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| Elle crut le premier
| She believed the first
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| Qui s’en vint lui jurer
| Who came to swear to him
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| Qu’un jour il l'épouserait
| That one day he would marry her
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| Mais elle faillit mourir
| But she almost died
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| Quand des amis lui dirent
| When friends told him
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| Qu’il avait oublié
| that he forgot
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| Que c'était déjà fait
| That it was already done
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| Des petits cheveux blonds
| short blond hair
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| Frisée comme un mouton
| Curly like a sheep
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| Bouclette
| Loop
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| D’adorables fossettes
| adorable dimples
|
| Et de jolies mirettes
| And pretty peepers
|
| Bouclette
| Loop
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| Elle est née dans l' quartier
| She was born in the neighborhood
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| De la rue du Sentier
| From Rue du Sentier
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| Elle travaille comme arpète
| She works as an arpete
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| Dans la rue de la Paix
| In Peace Street
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| Un p’tit cœur bien honnête
| A very honest little heart
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| Bat sous sa chemisette
| Beats under his shirt
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| Bouclette
| Loop
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| Mais la chance est venue
| But luck has come
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| Sous les traits bien cossus
| Beneath the well-furnished features
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| D’un monsieur installé
| Of a gentleman installed
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| Sur les Champs-Élysées
| On the Champs-Élysées
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| Leur bonheur est parfait
| Their happiness is perfect
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| Car elle lui a donné
| Because she gave him
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| Une jolie fillette
| A pretty little girl
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| Qui est tout son portrait
| Who is all his portrait
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| Des petits cheveux blonds
| short blond hair
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| Frisée comme un mouton
| Curly like a sheep
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| Bouclette
| Loop
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| D’adorables fossettes
| adorable dimples
|
| Et de jolies mirettes
| And pretty peepers
|
| Bouclette
| Loop
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| Elle est née dans l' quartier
| She was born in the neighborhood
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| En plein Champs-Élysées
| Right in the Champs-Élysées
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| Elle ira s’habiller
| She will go get dressed
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| Où sa mère travaillait
| where his mother worked
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| Un p’tit cœur bien honnête
| A very honest little heart
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| Bat sous sa chemisette
| Beats under his shirt
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| Bouclette | Loop |