LA VIE EN ROSE
(I thought this site needed a poem in foreign. An homage to our trusted friends across the Channel)
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
Edith Piaf, petit pain
And Zinedine Zidane
Depardieu with grand nose
No-one likes Charles Aznavour
Don’t mention Agincourt
It makes them tres morose
Ballets and Calais, aussi Charles de Gaulle
I’ve had it with Brexit, it’s “Non” after all;
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Was Asterix from France?
Merde! Zut alors!
Who the hell’s Anne Fairey Anne?
Frogs’ legs and verre de vin
And stuff yer Marseillaise
Sur le pont de Avignon
You say C’est si Bon
Tray bien and qu’est-ce que c’est
Citroen and Renault Dauphine
Pas ce soir Josephine
I don’t want a dose
Oui oui it’s gay Paree ho ho ho ho oo la la
Bonjewer mon sewer ho ho under twar er
Shut up shop for Bastille Day
Le quatorze juillet
La Vie en Rose
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Inky pinky parley voo?
Ya lost at Waterloo
Air traffic control’s closed
Boney Part and cul-de-sac
Pommes de terre, cognac
Et beaucoup quelque choses
Pair o’ knees and Notre Dame
Well, that went up in flammes
Despite les pompiers’ hoses
Calais il est ferme, aussi Prince des Parcs
I smell something burning; is that Joan of Arc?
Don’t include Hercule Poirot
(He’s Belgian, don’t you know?)
La Vie en Rose.
John Coopey
Thu 11th Jun 2020 17:04
Thanks, MC. How she gets the power into her voice from that little frame beggars belief.