1) A la cour du palais
Lundi, Mardi tra la la
A la cour du palais
Y'avait une servante
Y'avait une servante, Lundi, Mardi danse
2) Elle a tant d'amoureux
Qu'elle ne sait lequel prendre
(3) Elle a le fils du roi
Et son valet de chambre)
4) C'est un p'tit cordonnier
Qu'a eu la préférence
5) Lui a fait des souliers
En maroquin de Nantes
6) Et c'est en la chaussant
Qu'il lui fit sa demande
7) La belle si tu voulais
Nous coucherions ensemble
8) Dans un grand lit carré
Couvert de toiles blanches
9) Aux quatre coins du lit
Quatre pommes d'oranges
or (un bouquet de pervenches)
10) Et là nous dormirions
Jusquà la fin du monde
OR
10) Dans le mitan du lit
La rivière est courante
11) Tous les chevaux du roi
Viennent y boire en bande
12) Le noir s'est noyé
Le plus beau de la bande
13) Si le roi le savait
Il nous ferait tous pendre
And now in English...
At the court of the palace
Monday, Tuesday tra la la
At the court of the palace
There was a servant, Monday, Tuesday dance
She has so much love
She doesn’t know which one to take
She had the son of a king
And his servant
It is a little shoemaker
That is the preference
He has made some shoes
In Nantes Moroccan leather
And it is in the shoes
That he has made his request
Beautiful, if you would like
We would sleep together
In a big square bed
Covered in white sheets
At the four corners of the bed
Four apples of oranges
Or a bouquet of periwinkle
And there we would sleep
Until the end of the world
In the middle of the bed
The river is coursing
All the horses of the king
Come there to drink together
The black is drowned
The most handsome of the group
If the king knew it
He would take us all
The translation is my own, I take full responsibility for any mistakes. For the melody see the video below...
The diary of an eighteenth century French noblewoman, and information relating to her world.
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