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To: Poohbah

Mademoiselle from Armentieres

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
She hasn't been kissed for forty years,

Chorus: Hinky-dinky parlez-vous.

2. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
She got the palm and the croix de guerre,
For washin' soldiers' underwear,
Chorus:

3. The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre, Parlez-vous
The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre, Parlez-vous
The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre,
The son-of-a-gun was never there!
Chorus:

4. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
You didn't have to know her long,
To know the reason men go wrong!
Chorus:

5. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
She's the hardest working girl in town,
But she makes her living upside down!
Chorus:

6. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
The cooties rambled through her hair;
She whispered sweetly "C'est la guerre."
Chorus:

7. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
She'll do it for wine, she'll do it for rum,
And sometimes for chocolate or chewing gum!
Chorus:

8. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
You might forget the gas and shell
But you'll nev'r forget the Mademoiselle!
Chorus:

9. Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parlez-vous
Where are the girls who used to swarm
About me in my uniform?
Chorus:

10. Oh, Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire, Parlez-vous
The Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire,
She never washed her underwear.
Chorus:

11 Oh, Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains, Parlez-vous
Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains,
She gave the Yankees shooting pains!
Chorus:

12. Oh, Mademoiselle from Montparnasse, Parlez-vous
Oh, Mademoiselle from Montparnasse, Parlez-vous
As soon as she'd spy a Colonel's brass,
She'd take off her skirt and roll in the grass!
Chorus:


33 posted on 05/06/2002 5:53:19 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
You get my vote...however, I believe you have bowdlerized some of the lyrics....
37 posted on 05/06/2002 6:11:12 PM PDT by proxy_user
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