Fugain Michel
Miscellaneous
Les Acadiens
Words: Maurice Vidalin and Michel Fugain
Music: Muchel Fugain
(c) 1973 by Ãditions Musicales le Minotaure
1 There are in southern Louisiana
And in a corner of Canada
Lots of guys, lots of women
Who sing in the same language as you
But when they make music
It's that of Rufus Thibodeaux
They still dream of America
What their grandfather dreamed of
Who thought little, who thought not
R All the Acadians,
All the Acadian women
Will jump,
Will dance on the violin
Are Americans,
They are American
Who's fault is it?
Napoleon's fault
2 Cotton is soft, it's white, it's nice
To put cream on your cheeks
But those who pick it
Don't end the day on their knees
And then they go off to make music
Like Rufus Thibodeaux's
To forget that America
It's no longer that of their grandfather
It's changed a lot since those days
3 When they worked six days in a row
For a handful of devalued dollars
They went up 'nt in the old Oldsmobile
And go to the next town
To listen to music
That of the great Rufus Thibodeaux
And to repopulate America
the way Grandpa did
That's more than that which doesn't change.

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