Josephine Baker — La petite tonkinoise song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La petite tonkinoise" by Josephine Baker.
Lyrics
L’soir on cause
D’un tas d’choses
Avant de se mettre au pieu
J’apprends la gÃ(c)ographie
D’la Chine et d’la Mandchourie
Les frontières, les rivières
Le Fleuve Jaune et le Fleuve Bleu
Y’a même l’Amour c’est curieux
Qu’arrose l’Empire du Milieu
C’est moi qui suis sa petite
Son Anana, son Anana, son Anammite
Je suis vive, je suis charmante
Comme un p’tit oiseau qui chante
Il m’appelle sa p’tite bourgeoise
Sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkinoise
D’autres lui font les doux yeux
Mais c’est moi qu’il aime le mieux
Lyrics translation
In the evening we cause
Of a lot of things
Before you get to the stake
I'm learning g (c)ography
Of China and Manchuria
The borders, the rivers
The Yellow River and the Blue River
There is even love it is curious
What waters the Middle Empire
I'm her little one.
They're Pineapple, they're Pineapple, they're Anammite
I'm alive, I'm charming
Like a little bird singing
He calls me his petty bourgeois
Sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkinoise
Others make her sweet eyes
But it's me he loves best