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AT THE BAL MASQUE; COLUMBINE TO PIERROT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah - ah- ah - if you ask for a love like that
Last Line: Qu'est c'-qu'est c'-qu'est c' que tu fais dans cette galère?
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): France; French Language; Love


(She hums her words.)
AH—Ah—Ah—if you ask for a love like that,
Qu'est c'-Qu'est c'-Qu'est c'que tu fais dans cette galère?
Hark—Hark—Hark—Hear the twittering, rustling feet:
Alors, qu'est ce-e, qu'est ce-e qu'on peut faire.

She speaks.
Tender and trusting and true
That they may be otherwhere:
Here one is just what one is—
And—as for pledges to you—
There—drink the scent of my hair:
There—snatch your moment of bliss.

She sings again.
Tender—Tender—Tender, trusting and true
That, That, That they may be, they may be otherwhere:
Si tu veux autre chose, je n'ai rien de plus,
Qu'est c'-Qu'est c'-Qu'est c' que tu fais dans cette galère?





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