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Thread #2385   Message #2744905
Posted By: Old Vermin
13-Oct-09 - 09:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mademoiselle from Armentières
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mademoiselle from Armentières
Thought the correction on Lilli Marlene's timing was made earlier, but well worth repeating. There is of course the D-Day Dodgers version....

At a boys grammar school in Surrey in the early 60s, I remember an older boy saying - with a 14-year old world-weariness - that he was *so* glad 'Parlez-vous' was going out [of fashion].

As then sung

Three German officers crossed the Rhine, Parlez-Vous x 2
Three German officers crossed the Rhine
Fuck the women and drink the wine
Inky-pinky, parlez vous

Much as elsewhere quoted, with the minor variation of them kicking the fucking door right in.

This was in the days when 'fuck' was only used in all-male company, and out of earshot of authority. There was of course a CCF unit at the school....