| Qui aiment la chopine, gai manenon
| Who like pint, gay manenon
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| Qui aiment la chopine, ma Louison
| Who like the pint, my Louison
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| Elles avaient toutes beaucoup d’argent (bis)
| They all had a lot of money (twice)
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| Excepté la petite, gai manenon
| Except the small, gay manenon
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| Excepté la petite, ma Louison
| Except the little one, my Louison
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| Elle engagit son cotillon
| She engages her cotillion
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| Et puis sa chemise
| And then his shirt
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| Son bel amant passit par là
| Her handsome lover passed by
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| Et ne fit qu’en rire
| And only laughed
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| Ah rendez-lui son cotillon
| Ah give him back his petticoat
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| Et puis sa chemise
| And then his shirt
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| J’ai de l’argent pein mon gousset
| I have money painted in my pocket
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| Pour payer sa chemise, gai manenon
| To pay for his shirt, gay manenon
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| Pour payer sa chopine, ma Louison | To pay for his pint, my Louison |