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Artist: Aristide Bruant
Canonical path: /aristide-bruant/a-la-bastille
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A la Bastille
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A la Bastille
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Son papa s'appelle Abraham,
Il est l'enfant du macadam,
Tout comm' sa môme en est la fille,
A la Bastille.
A quinze ans a s'app'lait Nini,
All' tait grosse et grass' comme un I,
A f'sait des travaux à l'aiguille,
A la Bastille.
Quand alle eut seize ans révolus,
A s'app'lait... je n'me rappell' pus,
A s'prom'nait autour de la grille,
A la Bastille.
On la rencontrait tous les soirs,
Parfois l'éclat d'ses grands yeux noirs,
Faisaient pâlir la lun' qui brille,
A la Bastille.
Maint'nant a sert dan' eun' maison
Où qu'on boit d'la bière à foison,
Et du champagne qui pétille,
A la Bastille.
Ses tables sont un rendez-vous ;
Les jeunes, les vieux y vont tous ;
I' faut voir comme a les étrille,
A la Bastille.
Mais si ses clients sont nombreux,
I' paraît qu' i's sont tous heureux :
Alle est si bonne et si gentille,
A la Bastille.
Pour eun' thune a r'tir' son chapeau,
Pour deux thun's a r'tir' son manteau,
Pour un sigue on la déshabille,
A la Bastille.
Alle a pas encore eu d'amant,
Alle a qu'son père et sa maman,
C'est ell' qui soutient sa famille,
A la Bastille.
Son papa s'appelle Abraham,
Il est l'enfant du macadam,
Tout comm' sa môme en est la fille,
A la Bastille.
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