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Et quand serons-nous sages ?
(French Circle Game Song)
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Et quand serons-nous sages ?
When Will We Ever Be Good?
Chanson de ronde
(French)
Circle Game Song
(English)

Et quand serons-nous sages ?
Jamais, jamais, jamais !
Et quand serons-nous sages ?
Jamais, jamais, jamais !

La terre nourrit tout,
La terre nourrit tout
Les sages, les sages,
La terre nourrit tout,
La terre nourrit tout
Les sages et les fous.

Mam'zelle entrez en danse
Faites ici votre choix,
Fait's-nous la révérence
Et embrassez-en trois.
Un, deux, trois.

La terre nourrit tout,
La terre nourrit tout
Les sages, les sages,
La terre nourrit tout,
La terre nourrit tout
Les sages et les fous.

And when will we ever be good?
Never, never, never!
And when will we ever be good?
Never, never, never!

The earth feeds us all,
The earth feeds us all,
The wise ones, the wise ones
The earth feeds us all
The earth feeds us all
The wise and the fools.

Miss, please go into the dance,
Make your choice now,
Make a curtsy
And kiss three of them,
One, two, three.

The earth feeds us all,
The earth feeds us all,
The wise ones, the wise ones
The earth feeds us all
The earth feeds us all
The wise and the fools.

Notes

In French, to be wise and to be good are said the same way.

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Many thanks to Edit' Dupont for contributing and singing this song for Mama Lisa's World.

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