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Thread #96814   Message #1897554
Posted By: Scoville
01-Dec-06 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: songs of parting
Subject: Lyr Add: PARTING WALTZ (Wallace "Cheese" Reed)
This is a bit clumsy without the music but the Red Stick Ramblers' cover is played on two fiddles and the arrangement alone, without the words, would break your heart:

PARTING WALTZ
words and music by: Wallace "Cheese" Reed

Hey, chèrie mais moi je croyais tu serais venue
Oh, bébé, il n'y a pas longtemps mais rencontrés
Rencontrés à la maison mais comme les vieux temps chèrie
Moi, je croyais tu serais venue avant longtemps
Hey, bébé, tu ne me rencontres pas à la maison
Comme d'habitude, ça chèrie, il n'y a pas longtemps, mais malheureuse
Un jour va venir tu vas venir, tu seras trop tard, chère mignon
Moi je ne croyais pas t'aurais fait ça avec ton neg chère bébé

Hey Bébé I thought you would have come
It hasn't been long since we last met
Hey Bébé, you're not coming to meet me at the house
As usual, it hasn't been long, but it's unfortunate
We met at the house like the old days
I thought you would have come by
The day is going to come when you will come- you'll be too late, dear cute one
I didn 't think you would have done that to your old boy, dear Bébé