Thanks for that - I was writing from memory, which doesn't get many refreshers in French. The version I learned, however, had an extra line. This was able to be fitted in because each verse began with the last line of the previous verse. It came after the line about the dove singing for the girls without husbands. In the Digitrad version, between these two verses.

3. Qui chante pour les filles qui n'ont pas de maris Pour moi, je chante guere car j'en ais un joli.

4. Que donneriez vous, belle, pour avoir un mari? Je donnerai Versailles, Paris et St. Denis....

It says "Il est dans la Hollande, les Hollandais l'ont pris." I think. Which puts the switch between characters after 3.1, with the male coming back for 4.1. This does make it clearer.

Now what about "Mother, may I go out dancing?"

Penny