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My little tender heart, / O gai, vive le roi!
My little tender heart, / O gai, vive le roi! / 'Tis for a grand baron, / Vive le roi, la reine! / 'Tis for a grand baron, / Vive Napoleon!
My mother promised it, / O gai, vive le roi!
My mother promised it, / O gai, vive le roi!
To a gentleman of the king, / Vive le roi, la reine!
To a gentleman of the king, / Vive Napoleon!
Oh, say, where goes your love?
O gai, vive le roi!
Oh, say, where goes your love?
O gai, vive le roi!
He rides on a white horse, / Vive le roi, la reine!
He wears a silver sword, / Vive Napoleon!
Oh, grand to the war he goes, / O gai, vive le roi!
Oh, grand to the war he goes, / O gai, vive le roi!
Gold and silver he will bring, / Vive le roi, la reine!
And eke the daughter of a king -- / Vive Napoleon!