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Thread #168999 Message #4123333
Posted By: GUEST
17-Oct-21 - 05:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee
Just added this on the Lyr req: Londonderry Air thread, and thought I might as well post it here as well, while I'm at it...
I wrote this one a few years ago (not really sure how long ago, so the date below is a guess), just for fun. Thought of the pun and wrote the rest of the song to make it work; it's in Franglais:
When Ah was young Ah left mah 'ome in gay Paris Ah crossed La Manche To leeve in Angleterre To mah soorpreeze Zee lovely girls of Lohndohn Sont tres gentil Et belle beyond compare
So when Ah go to bed Mah rose Anglaise Oh voulez vous Ahccompahnee me zayre For zo j'adore Les jolies filles Francaises Zere's nossing cahn soorpass a London derriere
(For those who may not know, "la Manche"("the sleeve") is what the French call the English Channel, Angleterre = England and Anglaise = English woman.)