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"Il y a dans ce village / Une enfant a l'œil noir. / C'est Jeanne au frais visage; / Elle chant matin et soir. / Elle est rieuse et belle, / Et dans nos environs / Tout le monde l'appelle / La fillette au chansons. / Tra la la -- "
sang Lucie as she sat on a stone bench under a sheltering cherry tree. The "tra la la" suddenly ceased at a stir of the branches on the other side. Lucie glanced up with a twinkle in her eyes and changed the song to "Way down upon the Swanee river."