Paroles et traduction Cora Vaucaire - Aux marches du palais

Aux marches du palais

Aux marches du palais (bis)
Y'a une tant belle fille, lon la
Y'a une tant belle fille
.
Elle a tant d'amoureux (bis)
Qu'elle ne sait lequel prendre, lon la
Qu'elle ne sait lequel prendre.
C'est un p'tit cordonnier (bis)
Qui a eu la préférence, lon la
Qui a eu la préférence.
Et c'est en la chaussant (bis)
Qu'il en fit la demande, lon la
Qu'il en fit la demande.
La belle si tu voulais (bis)
Nous dormirions ensemble, lon la
Nous dormirions ensemble.
Dans un grand lit carré (bis)
Couvert de toile blanche, lon la
Couvert de toile blanche
Aux quatre coins du lit (bis)
Un bouquet de pervenches, lon la
Un bouquet de pervenches.
Dans le mitan du lit (bis)
La rivière est profonde, lon la
La rivière est profonde.
Tous les chevaux du roi (bis)
Pourraient y boire ensemble, lon la
Pourraient y boire ensemble.
Et nous y dormirions (bis)
Jusqu'à la fin du monde, lon la
Jusqu'à la fin du monde.

At the palace steps

At the palace steps (twice)
There's a very beautiful girl, darling
There's a very beautiful girl.
.
She has so many lovers (twice)
That she doesn't know which one to choose, darling
That she doesn't know which one to choose.
It's a little shoemaker (twice)
Who was given preference, darling
Who was given preference.
And it was while putting on her shoes (twice)
That he asked her to marry him, darling
That he asked her to marry him.
My dear, if you would (twice)
We would sleep together, darling
We would sleep together.
In a big square bed (twice)
Covered with white linen, darling
Covered with white linen
At the four corners of the bed (twice)
A bouquet of periwinkles, darling
A bouquet of periwinkles.
In the middle of the bed (twice)
The river is deep, darling
The river is deep.
All the king's horses (twice)
Could drink from it together, darling
Could drink from it together.
And we would sleep there (twice)
Until the end of the world, darling
Until the end of the world.