Dominique [English translation]

Refrain :

   Dominique -inique -inique

   Went about simply,

   A poor singing traveller.

   On every road, in every place,

   He talks only of the Good Lord,

   He talks only of the Good Lord.

At the time when Bad King John

Was the sovereign of England

Dominic, our father,

Fought against the Albigensians.

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One day, a heretic,

Through the brambles him leads,

But our father Dominic,

With his cheer him does convert.

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With neither camel nor haste,

Throughout Europe he goes on foot

Scandinavia and Provence

In holy poverty.

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He sets alight at every school

Girls and boys full of ardour,

And to spread the Word

The Dominican Friars he did found.

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For Dominique and his brothers

Bread did become sparse

When two angels did appear

With them great chunks of eggy bread.

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Dominique sees in a dream

Preachers all around the world

Under the cloak of the Virgin

In great number assembled.

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Dominique, my dear father,

Keep us simple and jolly

To call to our brothers

The Way and the Truth1

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1. The Life and the Truth

• Artist:Sœur Sourire
• Album:The Singing Nun [1963]