frangoise

Updated: May 14, 2025

And when I see how Bargon shoulders stoop and his eye get dull, and there is nothing in the jar behin' the door, I fetch a horn with me, and my fiddle, and, bagosh! there is happy sit-you-down. I make Bargon sing 'La Belle Francoise, and then just before I go I make them laugh, for I stand by the cradle and I sing to that Marie: "'Adieu, belle Frangoise; Allons gai! Adieu, belle Francoise!

Gilbert Parker - The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 2