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GUEST,Genie (Wha hoppen ma cookie?) Lyr Req: Mademoiselle from Armentières (156* d) RE: Lyr Req: Mademoiselle from Armentières 30 Dec 06

OT, but in response to this post from Bill in Alabama:
Date: 25 Jul 97 - 07:57 AM

"Indeed, this was, along with 'Smile, smile, smile' and 'Lili Marlene', one of the best-known songs of WWI."

"Lili Marlene" ("Lili Marleen") was a popular song in WW II, not WWI. It was based on a poem written by a soldier in WWI. (See the Lili Marlene/Lili Marleen threads for its history.)

The actual title to the song with the refrain "Smile, smile, smile" is "Pack Up Your Troubles (In Your Old Kit Bag"0.

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Thanks for all the verses to "Mademoisell From Armentieres" that I did not know.

I only knew 2 or 3 (including the "... hasn't been kissed in 40 years," except that the doughboys rarely sang "kissed" ;-D ) so I made up this one:

Mademoiselle from Armentieres, ... etc.
I went to war to see Paree
But I'm stuck here in the infantry.
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous.

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