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Thread #97400   Message #1916317
Posted By: Adrianel
21-Dec-06 - 09:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Petite Annonce Amoreuse (K McGarrigle)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Translation for Petite Annonce
This is an approximation; my colloquial French is not what it used to be:

I'm looking for a man with five feet (three),
I am not a king's daughter,
That will either do, or not,
Please reply to me.

Whoever posts gets an answer,
Which is to be repaid.

Whoever posts gets an answer,
Which is to be repaid.

Me, I've only five feet (two),
Nevertheless, I don't limp,
That's too much,
That's too little,
For God's sake, reply.

Whoever posts gets an answer,
Which is to be repaid.

I have enough to along at home,
It breaks the heart and then the liver,
I make dogs run away,
I frighten cats,
I strike fear into small children.

I only smaoke good tobacco,
I love mice, but I hate rats,
On two or three
Or four paws,
Vagabonds or aristocrats.

Five two, five three,
Glass eye, wooden leg,
Soldier,
Sophisticate,
And always knowing what's what.