D 
  Dominique, nique, nique                        Dominique, oh Dominique
          G
  S'en allait tout simplement,                He travelled away quite simply
      D                  A7
  Routier pauvre et chantant                Taking his route poor and singing
            D                7
  En tous chemins, en tous lieux                In all ways, all places
          G               D
  Il ne parle que du bon Dieu.                He only speaks about the good lord
         A7               D
  Il ne parle que du bon Dieu.
  
        G                  D
  A l'�poque o� Jean Sans Terre                At the epoch when John without land
          A7          D
  D'Angleterre �tait roi,                        Over England was the king 
      E7
  Dominique, notre P�re,                        St Dominic our father,
                      A7 
  Combattit les Albigeois.                 Fought the Albegensiens
  
  Certain jour un h�r�tique                One day an heretic, 
  Par des ronces le conduit,                Among the thorns forced him to crawl
  Mais notre P�re Dominique                Our father Dominique
  Par sa joie le convertit.                 By his joy did convert him
    
  Ni chameau, ni diligence,                Neither camel, nor diligence
  Il parcourt l'Europe � pied.                He travels all around Europe on foot,
  Scandinavie ou Provence                        Scandinavia to Provence  
  Dans la sainte pauvret�.                In saintly poverty
   
  Enflamma de toute �coles                Ignited with their schooling
  Filles et gar�ons pleins d'ardeur,        Girls and boys filled with ardour
  Et pour semer la Parole                        And to sow the Word 
  Inventa les Fr�res Pr�cheurs.                 Invented the Brother-Preachers
  
  Chez Dominique et Ses Fr�res                Master Domenic and his brothers 
  Le pain s'en vint � manquer                The bread was not there [from begging]
  Et deux anges se pr�sent�rent,                And two angels are did present him
  Portant deux grands pains dor�s.        Carrying two large golden bread loaves
   
  Dominique vit en r�ve                        Domenica lives in dream
  Les pr�cheurs du monde entier,                The preachers of the entire world,
  Sous le manteau de la Vierge                Under the mantle of the Virgin
  En grand nombre rassembl�s.                In great number assembled.
   
  Dominique, mon bon P�re,                Domenica, my good Father,
  Garde-nous simples et gais                Keep us simple and gay
  Pour annoncer � nos fr�res                For to announce to our brothers
  La Vie et La V�rit�.                        Life and the Truth.
            

[By Jeanne Deckers, 1933-1985. #1 US hit in 1963. Playfully describes St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican (Blackfriars) order, and

his participation in the Albigensian Crusade, (1209-1229), known for its extreme violence and brutality by the catholic crusaders against the

dissendent Cathars of southern gallia. The town of Beziers was 'raped' and its ten-thousand inhabitants slaughtered. A painting of 1475 by Pedro

Berruguete was entitled "Saint Dominic de Guzman presiding over an Auto-da-fe against Albigensians".]