Ah! le petit vin blanc [English translation]

Here is the spring

The mildness of the weather

Is making passes at us

Go on my children

You are twenty years old

Go on holiday

You will see them swiftly

On the calm wave

The docile boats

On the arms of lovers

Lively cabarets

Shapely girls

There are tunes being sung

And there is white wine

Chorus:

Ah! The little white wine

That we drink beneath the arbours

When the girls are beautiful

Over in Nogent

And then, from time to time

The melody of an old romance

Seems to sets the pace

For straying, for straying

In the woods, in the meadows

Over in, over in Nogent

Let us follow the advice

Mister Sun

Knows his stuff

Let us pick up on the way

This mischievous pretty face

This pale dress

Come, beautiful girl

Be very kind

There, under the arbor

Love awaits us

The tables are set

The innkeeper is honest

There are tunes being sung

And there is white wine

(Chorus)

After these charming games

The waist sometimes

Expands

It's nothing bad

It always ends

In a marriage

The biggest part

Is when the mother

Sternly asks

The young girl:

My daughter, tell me

How, crying shame

Have you made such a mistake?

Answers: I'm waiting for you

(Chorus)

Because it's always the same

As long as there will be sun

We'll see lovers in the spring

Heading over to stray

In the woods, in the meadows

Over in,

Over in Nogent

• Artist:Lina Margy