Lyrics of Aux marches du palais - Nana Mouskouri, Serge Lama

Aux marches du palais (original)

Aux marches du palais, aux marches du palais
Y’a une tant belle fille lon la, y’a une tant belle fille
Elle a tant d’amoureux, elle a tant d’amoureux
Qu’elle ne sait lequel prendre lon la, qu’elle ne sait lequel prendre
C’est un petit cordonnier, c’est un petit cordonnier
Qu’a eu la préférence lon la, qu’a eu la préférence
Et c’est en la chaussant, et c’est en la chaussant
Qu’il l’en fit la demande lon la, qu’il l’en fit la demande
La belle si tu voulais, la belle si tu voulais
Nous dormirions ensemble lon la, nous dormirions ensemble
Dans un grand lit carré, dans un grand lit carré
Couvert de toiles blanche lon la, couvert de toiles blanche
Aux quatre coins du lit, aux quatre coins du lit
Quatre bouquets de pervenches lon la, quatre bouquets de pervenches
Dans le mitant du lit, dans le mitant du lit
La rivière est profonde lon la, la rivière est profonde
Tous les chevaux du roi, tous les chevaux du roi
Pourrait y boire ensemble lon la, pourrait y boire ensemble
Et nous y dormirions, et nous y dormirions
Jusqu'à la fin du monde lon la, jusqu'à la fin du monde

(translation)

To the palace steps, to the palace steps
There's such a beautiful girl there, there's such a beautiful girl
She's got so many lovers, she's got so many lovers
That she doesn't know which one to take lon la, that she doesn't know which one to take
He's a little shoemaker, he's a little shoemaker
What was preferred lon la, what was preferred
And that's putting it on, and that's putting it on
That he requested it lon la, that he requested it
The beautiful if you wanted, the beautiful if you wanted
We would sleep together lon la, we would sleep together
In a queen square bed, in a queen square bed
Covered in white webs lon la, covered in white webs
Four corners of the bed, four corners of the bed
Four bunches of lon la periwinkles, four bunches of periwinkles
In the middle of the bed, in the middle of the bed
The river is deep lon la, the river is deep
All the king's horses, all the king's horses
Could drink it together lon la, could drink it together
And we would sleep there, and we would sleep there
Until the end of the world lon la, until the end of the world