La biaiseuse [English translation]

In large fashion houses

Some are little workers

Or sellers, and by nature

Some are models

Some make corsages

Others do overlock stitches

I, ladies and gentlemen, my work

It’s sewing a fold in the dresses at an angle

To tuck1 a dress, to be honnest

There are not two, not two like me

I'm the woman who tucks at Paquin2

I tuck from evening to morning

Evenings were my happiness

I'm not for the day of eight hours

And night work doesn't scare me

I'm the woman who tucks at Paquin

For my job I have a crush

When my parents don't see me back home

They say, "Don't worry

She is still tucking"

When I got into the game

It was a revolution

From the start I felt

A very great vocation

The first time as usual

There was some stretching

But when I lost my draw

I got into it with fire

I got a taste for my job

I wanted to tuck everywhere

I'm the woman who tucks at Paquin

I work outside the store

I do some extra tucking when it is necessary

I tuck in cars, in automobiles

Once I even tucked in the metro

With ardor, with enthusiasm

But the doctor who came the other morning

Ordered me lots of syrup

Told me I need to take a rest

Well ...

He found that I was tucking too much

I'm going to settle down soon

Getting married, what happiness!

With a young man full of merit

Who is a pleating3 worker

To make us comfortable

Since we don’t have much money

I will first tuck on a chair

And he will pleat standing4

The main thing is that there is no delay

Let’s not say that I tuck like a duck

I'm the woman who tucks at Paquin

My man will pleat in the store

That’s what will be nice, to be honnest

We will do all the work at home

By helping each other as everyone should

With ardor, with enthusiasm

We will share the work

In order not to squirm

As soon as I finish tucking

He's the one who's going to pleat

1. The song uses "biaiser" because it looks like "baiser". I only heard that verb in that song.2. Paquin used to be a famous fashion house.3. "Plisseur" sounds like "pisseur"4. The French lyrics is "tout d'bout", not "tout doux", otherwise that would not be funnny.

• Artist:Annie Cordy