Auprès de ma blonde (Version 1)

In my father's garden
The laurels are in bloom
In my father's garden
The laurels are in bloom
All the birds in the world
Go there to make their nests

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By my blonde
It's so good, so good, so good
By my blonde
It's so good to sleep!

The quail, the turtledove
And the pretty partridge
The quail, the turtledove
And the pretty partridge
And the white dove
Who sings day and night

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She sings for the girls
Who don't have a husband
She sings for the girls
Who don't have a husband
She's not singing for me
Because I have a pretty one

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He is in Holland
The Dutch have taken him
He is in Holland
The Dutch have taken him
'What would you give, beauty
To see your husband?'

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I would give Versailles
Paris and Saint-Denis
I would give Versailles
Paris and Saint-Denis
The kingdom of my father
And that of my mother too

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