Paroles et traduction Guy Béart - 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.
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At the Palace Steps

At the palace steps (repeat)
There's such a beautiful girl, lon la
There's such a beautiful girl
.
She has so many lovers (repeat)
That she doesn't know who to choose, lon la
That she doesn't know who to choose.
It was a little shoemaker (repeat)
Who was given preference, lon la
Who was given preference.
And it was while he was fitting her shoes (repeat)
That he asked for her hand, lon la
That he asked for her hand.
My love, if you would (repeat)
We would sleep together, lon la
We would sleep together.
In a large square bed (repeat)
Covered with white linen, lon la
Covered with white linen
At the four corners of the bed (repeat)
A bouquet of periwinkles, lon la
A bouquet of periwinkles.
In the middle of the bed (repeat)
The river is deep, lon la
The river is deep.
All the king's horses (repeat)
Could drink together there, lon la
Could drink together there.
And we would sleep there (repeat)
Until the end of the world, lon la
Until the end of the world.
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