MON AMI, MY FRIEND (Madeleine of Paris)
(Kurt Weill)

Felicia Saunders, Marianne Faithfull


O Madeleine of Paris
She laugh she dance and sing
To cheer the weary soldier
At his homecoming.

Her little room together,
An hour of love to spend.
"Comme ça,
your arm
around me,"
Oh, mon ami, my friend. 

But she, ah she remembers
That other love and joy.
The first, the best,
The dearest tired soldier boy.

A narrow room alone now,
Rain on the roof above
And he will sleep forever,
Oh, mon ami, my love. 

O Madeleine of Paris
She does not sit and grieve,
But sings away her sorrows
To cheer the soldiers' leave.

For life is short and funny
And love must have an end.
An hour may be forever
Oh, mon ami, my friend.

Oh life is short and funny
And love must have an end.
An hour may be forever
Mon ami, my friend. 




(Contributed by =Ae= - August 2009)