C'est L'amour / To Find a Lover

Marie christine:

Servants who envy their masters.

Laundress:

More powerful than her mother.

Marie christine:

Upper-class women wealthy and white.

Debutante:

Her eyes see the future

Marie christine:

Young men hungry for lovers...

Laundress:

Miracles...

Young lover:

She sleeps with the devil.

Debutante & laundress:

Miracles.

Young lover:

Miracles.

Debutante, laundress & young lover:

C'est l'amour mi mi ma-man,

C'est l'amour.

C'est l'amour mi mi ma-man,

C'est l'amour.

Basses:

C'est l'amour

C'est l'amour

C'est l'amour

Marie christine:

To find a lover

I have something you must use

I call it: "come to me" powder

Works on any man you choose

Sprinkle it on your handkerchief

Bring it close to his face and puff;

He will plead for your love,

He will take all you give.

He will never get enough.

He will never get enough...

To lose a lover

I have something you must eat.

I call it "get-away biscuit"

And its taste is bittersweet.

Swallow it whole a suppertime

With a sip of ginger beer;

By six on the clock on saint agatha's eve

Your lover will disappear

Your lover will disappear...

What can make the strongest spirit bend?

What can make the weakest spirit strong?

What can fill the day with all the mysteries of night?

What is it we need as much as water air and light?

Oh, you know

Oh yes you know.

To keep a lover

I have something you must wear.

I call it "stay-with-me ribbon"

But it's not for your hair.

Use it to measure his petit prince;

Mark the ribbon, tie it in a knot.

Wear it 'round your neck

'til the day that you die

You will keep the love you've got.

You will keep the love you've got...

Tenors:

C'est l'amour mi mi ma-man

C'est l'amour.

Basses:

C'est l'amour.

C'est l'amour.

C'est l'amour.

Marie christine:

C'est l'amour

C'est l'amour

C'est l'amour

Sopranos:

C'est l'amour

Altos:

C'est l'amour

Mi mi ma-man

C'est l'amour

Tenors:

C'est l'amour

Bases:

Ou ye ye mam'zell marie

Mam'zell' marie

Marie christine:

C'est l'amour

C'est l'amour

Sopranos:

C'est lamour

Altos & tenors:

Ou ye mam'zell

Sopranos, altos, tenors & basses:

Mi ma-man

Marie christine & soprano solo:

C'est

Sopranos, altos, tenors & basses:

Ou ye mam'zell marie

Sopranos & altos:

Ou ye

Tenors & basses:

Oui mam'zell

Marie christine, soprano solo & tenor solo:

C'est l'amour

Sopranos & altos:

Mi mi ma-man

Mi mi ma-man

Tenors & basses:

Marie

Sopranos, altos, tenors & basses:

C'est l'amour mi mi ma-man

All except marie christine:

C'est l'amour

All:

C'est l'amour

Sopranos, altos, tenors & basses:

C'est l'amour mi mi ma-man

C'est l'amour

Soprano solo & tenor solo:

Ou ye mam'zell marie

Bass solo:

Ou-ye mam'zell marie

Soprano solo:

Ou ye

Soprano solo & tenor solo:

Ou ye mam'zell marie

Bass solo:

Ou-ye mam'zell marie