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La belle est au jardin d'amour, |
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La belle est au jardin d'amour. |
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Il y a un mois ou sinq semaines. |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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Son pere la cherche partout, |
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Son pere la cherche partout. |
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Son amoureux qui est en peine. |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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'Berger, berger, n'as tu point vu, |
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Berger, berger, n'as tu point vu, |
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Passer ici celle que j'aime?' |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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'Elle est la-bas dans ce vallon, |
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Elle est la-bas dans ce vallon, |
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A un oiseau conte ses peines.' |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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La bel oiseau s'est envole, |
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La bel oiseau s'est envole, |
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Et le changrin bien loin emmene. |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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**translation |
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Beauty is in the garden of love |
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Beauty is in the garden of love, |
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Beauty is in the garden of love. |
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There she has lain for a month or five weeks. |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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Her father seeks her everywhere, |
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Her father seeks her everywhere. |
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Her lover is broken-hearted. |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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'Shepherd, o shepherd, have you not seen, |
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Shepherd, o shepherd, have you not seen, |
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My beloved pass by here? |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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'She is down in yonder valley, |
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She is down in yonder valley, |
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recounting her woes to a bird.' |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
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The beautiful bird has flown, |
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The beautiful bird has flown, |
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And sorrow carries him far away. |
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Laridondon, laridondaine. |
