LE PETIT MERCELOT (French)
C'était un petit mercelot
Lon lon la que dit-on de l'amour ?
C'était un petit mercelot
Roulant sa marchandise
S'en est allé dedans un bourg
Où il y avait 3 filles
En voilà une, en voilà deux
Voilà la plus jolie
Il la plia, il la replia
La mit dans sa valise
Il ne fut pas dedans le bois,
Que trois garçons le suivent.
"Arrête, arrêt', p'tit mercelot,
C'est une de nos filles !
Tu la rendras, p'tit mercelot,
Ou tu perdras la vie.
-Tant que j'aurai mon sabre en main,
Je défendrai ma mie." | THE YOUNG HABERDASHER
There was a young haberdasher
Lon lon la, what do people say about love?
There was a young haberdasher
Rolling (?) his goods.
He went into a town
Where there were 3 girls
Here is one, here are two
Here is the prettiest.
He folded her, folded her up,
Put her in his bag (suitcase)
He hadn't reached the inner wood
When three boys followed him
"Stop, stop, young haberdasher
She's one of our girls
You'll give her back, young haberdasher
Or you'll lose your life."
As long as I'll have my saber in hand
I'll defend my beloved." |