Bal Petit Bal [English translation]

It was the evening of a fourteenth of july

A few fairy-lights that shuddered on a line

Cast light on, alone and discreet,

A little ball in the middle of town

Ball little ball

Where I met you

Remember

You were nothing more for me

that evening

than a stranger

Blue or green

Your bright eyes are so clear

They turned my head

On a happy tune

I remember the nice barman

Who argued politics with the phlegmatic agent

And for us both a lone, lazy musician

And the light wind that made your hair fly

And when the last fairy-light went off

A great love was born in the town

It was ours dancing to the morrow

In the little ball now turned quiet

Ball little ball

Where I met you

Remember

You were nothing more for me

that evening

Than a stranger

Blue or green

Your shining eyes are so clear

They turned my head

On a happy tune

Ah ! My friends, it was a beautiful wedding

The barman and his eight kids had come in a horse-drawn coach

And now we're patrons for quite a while

Of this little ball where love one evening dancing

United us for life

• Artist:Francis Lemarque