| Qui veut our chanson
| who wants our song
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| Chansonnette nouvelle
| new song
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| Qui veut our chanson
| who wants our song
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| Chansonnette nouvelle
| new song
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| C’est un jeune garon
| He's a young boy
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| Et une demoiselle
| And a lady
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| On fait l’amour sept ans
| We make love seven years
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| Sept ans sans rien en dire
| Seven years without saying anything
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| Mais au bout de sept ans
| But after seven years
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| Le galant se marie
| The gallant marries
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| Au jardin de sa mre
| In his mother's garden
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| Y a un buisson d’orties
| There's a nettle bush
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| En a fait un bouquet
| Made it a bunch
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| Pour porter sa mie
| To carry his crumb
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| Je suis venue vous inviter
| I came to invite you
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| Pour venir demain mes noces
| To come tomorrow my wedding
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| La belle si vous y venez
| Beauty if you come
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| Mettez la plus belle de vos robes
| Put on your best dress
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| La belle n’y a pas manqu
| Beauty did not fail
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| S’est fait faire trois robes
| Had three dresses made
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| La premire de satin blanc
| The premiere of white satin
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| L’autre de satin rouge
| The other of red satin
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| La troisime d’or et d’argent
| The Third of Gold and Silver
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| Pour montrer qu’elle est noble
| To show that she is noble
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| Du plus loin qu’on l’aperoit
| From as far as you can see
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| Voici la marie
| Here comes the mary
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| Je ne suis pas la marie
| I am not the bride
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| Je suis la dlaisse
| I'm left behind
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| Sitt que la belle est entre
| As soon as beauty is between
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| La prend par sa main blanche
| Take her by his white hand
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| Je suis venu vous demander
| I came to ask you
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| Un petit tour de danse
| A little lap dance
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| Au premier tour qu’elle fait
| On the first lap she makes
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| La belle tombe morte
| The beautiful grave dead
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| Il a pris son couteau
| He took his knife
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| Se le plante dans les ctes
| Plant it in the coasts
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| Sur la tombe du garon
| On the boy's grave
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| On planta une pine
| We planted a pine
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| Sur la tombe de la fille
| On the girl's grave
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| On planta une olive
| We planted an olive
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| L’pine crut si haut
| The pine believed so high
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| Qu’elle embrassa l’olive
| That she kissed the olive
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| On en tira du bois
| We got wood out of it
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| Pour en faire des navires
| To make them ships
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| Les gens s’en vont disant
| People go away saying
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| Mon Dieu les tristes noces
| My God the sad wedding
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| Chante rossignolet
| Nightingale sings
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| Voici venir le joli mai
| Here comes the pretty May
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| Voici venir le joli mois
| Here comes the beautiful month
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| L’alouette plante le mai
| Lark Plants May
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| Voici venir le joli mai
| Here comes the pretty May
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| Vous plairait-il de vous lever- | Would you mind getting up- |