Brave Margot Lyrics in English Georges Brassens
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Brave Margot by Georges Brassens from French to English.
Margoton, the young shepherdess
Finding in the grass a little cat
Who had just lost its mother, adopted it
She opens her collar slightly
And lays it against her breast
That was all she had, poor thing
As a cushion
The cat, taking her for its mother
Started to suckle right away
Moved, Margot let it do
Brave Margot
A peasant, passing by
Finding the scene unusual
Went to tell everyone
And, the next day
When Margot unbuttoned her bodice
To give the little drink to her cat
All the guys, all the guys from the village
Were there, la la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la
And Margot, who was simple and very wise
Presumed it was to see her cat
That all the guys, that all the guys from the village
Were there, la la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la
The schoolmaster and his students
The mayor, the beadle, the coalman
Completely neglected their tasks
To see that
The postman, usually so quick
To see that, no longer delivered
The letters that no one, besides
Would have read
To see that, God forgive them
The altar boys, in the middle
Of the holy sacrifice, abandoned the holy place
The gendarmes, even the gendarmes
Who are by nature so clumsy
Were touched
By the charms of the pretty scene
When Margot unbuttoned her bodice
To give the little drink to her cat
All the guys, all the guys from the village
Were there, la la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la
And Margot, who was simple and very wise
Presumed it was to see her cat
That all the guys, that all the guys from the village
Were there, la la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la
But the other women of the commune
Deprived of their husbands, their lovers
Patiently accumulated resentment
Then one day, drunk with anger
They armed themselves with sticks
And, fierce, they sacrificed the kitten
The shepherdess, after many tears
To console herself, took a husband
And revealed her charms only for him
Time passed over memories
The event was forgotten
Only old folks still tell
To their little children
When Margot unbuttoned her bodice
To give the little drink to her cat
All the guys, all the guys from the village
Were there, la la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la
And Margot, who was simple and very wise
Presumed it was to see her cat
That all the guys, that all the guys from the village
Were there, la la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la
Were there, la la la la la la la
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