This song has been stuck in my head since I first heard the first Bud and Travis album in 1959 (I was young but totally sucked into the music). Finally found the song online.

BONSOIR DAME (GOOD NIGHT MY LADY LOVE)
(Oliver "Bud" Dashiell)

In a green wood close to our village
A quiet pool lies still and deep
The evening sounds and forest birds
Have gently lulled my love to sleep

CHORUS:
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)

Sing softly birds and don't awake her
She doesn't know how my heart aches
I've never dared to say "I love you"
I'll tell her now, before she wakes

CHORUS

Her pretty mouth is warm and smiling
She lies dreaming peacefully
I'd give my life to know for certain
That she would someday dream of me

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
Fais dodo, petite fille
(Go to sleep, little lady)
Smile for me, dream of me

It seems a pity now to wake her
I'd rather stay here and pretend
If we could only stay forever
Then our dreams would never end

CHORUS



This was recorded first by Bud & Travis on their debut album "Bud and Travis," released 1959 by Liberty Records. The collaboration if Bud and Travis was a rocky one and they split up after 10 album recordings over 7 years. After a solo career, Bud Dashiell died of a brain tumor in 1989. Probably still copyrighted, but I can't find who owns the copyright since his death.

Also recorded by:

Ed Ames; Tony Sandler; The Sandpipers.

BDenz