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From: VERN HUMPHREY 
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 03 21:25:00 +0100
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MM> HL> Les Mademoiselle de Armentieres, Parlez-vous...
MM> HL> Les Mademoiselle de Armentieres, Parlez-vous...
MM> HL> Les Mademoiselle de Armentieres,
MM> HL> Has two black eyes
MM> HL> And cauliflower ears
MM> HL> Inky-pinky parlez-vous...

MM>Languages are difficult beasties...

MM>Pour example, used  `Les' is the French plural `the' as in `Les
MM>m'selles'  (or `Les Girls', a pouty pantomine produced by ex-
MM>blokes pushing a `lay boys' theme).

MM>I dont think the original has a `the' in it anyway (the song, that
MM>is, not the lazy boy),  which leaves me with a mental picture of
MM>`le pugiliste francais dans la tutu'  - (an echo of Disney's
MM>dancing hippo in Fantasia ?) -  I always stand well aside and let
MM>such tranny's tutu pass by...

I believe it is:


Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous...
Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous...
Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
Hasn't been kissed
In forty years
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous...


Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous...
Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous...
Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
Has a form like the back of a hack
When she cries the tears run down her back
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous...


"Mustard gas ran down the gutters of Armentieres like spring rain."
                -- US Army battle report