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Thread #8771   Message #4028388
Posted By: Karen Impola
14-Jan-20 - 09:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Only a half-a-crown / Fifty Cents
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Only a half-a-crown / Fifty Cents
If anyone's interested, Michael Doucet of the Cajun band Beausoleil put the song into French. All the girlfriend eats is roast chicken and a half-dozen oysters, and the guy doesn't get as graphically beaten up. He attributes it to "Michael Doucet/trad".

Listen here. Sounds more Caribbean than Cajun, but it's a catchy tune.

Lyrics here