Mademoiselle From Armentieres

(other variations)

Words & Music:

True Origin Unknown, but WWI British

 

Here are some of the countless variations of the song ranging from Edwardian prim to John Valby-like bawdy.  This one gives you an historic window on World War I trench life, but I wouldn't sing it with the kids.

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

She got the Palm and the Croix de Guerre, for washing soldiers' underwear.

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

You didn't have to know her long to know the reason men go wrong!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

She's the hardest working girl in town, but she makes her living upside down!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

As the cooties rambled through her hair; she whispered sweetly "C'est la guerre."

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

She'll do it for wine, she'll do it for rum, and sometimes for chocolate or chewing gum!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire, parlez-vous?

The Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire, she never washed her underwear.

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains, parlez-vous?

Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains, she gave the Yankees shooting pains!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Montparnasse, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Montparnasse, parlez-vous?

As soon as she'd spy a Colonel's brass, she'd take off her skirt and roll in the grass!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre, parlez-vous?

The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre, parlez-vous?

The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre, the son-of-a-gun was never there!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

You might forget the gas and shel, but you'll never forget the Mademoiselle!

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, parlez-vous?

Where are the girls who used to swarm about me in my uniform?

Hinkey-dinkey, parlez-vous?

 

 

 

 




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