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Thread #112409   Message #3494311
Posted By: beeliner
24-Mar-13 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Little Shoemaker (French/English/Italian)
Subject: RE: Origin: Little Shoemaker (French/English/Italian)
What then, did the Gaylords sing on the other side of their "Little Shoemaker", and what was its non-English component? If it was French it implies something different from if it was Italian.


Here is the chorus, which also begins the song:

Mecque, Mecque, m'qu'est que c'est?
Please tell me when you'll name the day
Mecque, Mecque,, m'qu'est que c'est?
The day when you and I are one.

The only French word in any of the verses is "oui".