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Thread #5602   Message #1219607
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Jul-04 - 09:15 PM
Thread Name: ADD: The River Seine (Roberts/Holt/LaFarge)
Subject: ADDPOP: The River Seine (La Seine)
Well, I was looking for yet another Seine song, but what I found was this one.
-Joe Offer-

The River Seine
words by Allan Roberts and Alan Holt
Music by Guy LaFarge
Original French Text by Flavien Monod and Guy LaFarge
copyright 1948 & 1953

She goes flowing, flowing, flowing, Through the open countryside
For she's going, going, going, To meet Paris like a bride.
And she's cooing, cooing, cooing, Like the murmuring doves;
For the Seine has gone a-wooing, And it's Paris that she loves.

She goes singing, singing, singing, She's as happy as a bride;
And she's clinging, clinging, clinging, To the quays on either side;
She goes winding, winding, winding, Dizzy now in her bed;
For the River Seine is finding that her love goes to her head.

She goes gladly, gladly, gladly, While her love is in her arms;
And then sadly, sadly, sadly, As she leaves the city's charms;
And she carries, carries, carries, Sweet regret in her mind;
For the Seine's in love with Paris, And she's left her love behind.

source: The Most Fantastic Fakebook in the World (Warner)