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''La Madelon'' or ''Quand Madelon'' is a French popular song of World War I. Although it is mostly known as ''La Madelon'' the proper title is ''Quand Madelon'' which are the beginning words of the refrain. The lyrics are by Louis Bousquet (1914) and the music by Camille Robert. The song tells a story about soldiers flirting with a lovely young waitress in a country tavern and may partly owe its long term popularity to the fact that the lyrics were clean at a time when soldiers' songs were mostly bawdy and rude.〔http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=1793〕 It was one of the most popular songs in France during World War I and became a patriotic song as the war wore on. It remains a patriotic, well-known song in France to this day. It was translated into other languages as well. In English it was titled ''Madelon ("I'll Be True to the Whole Regiment")''.〔https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/14989〕 It also became popular among Spanish soldiers.〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVc4HHrO00〕 It was revived in World War II and Marlene Dietrich sang it in Paris in 1939 during the celebration of the national day of 14 July. The 1955 French film ''La Madelon'', directed by Jean Boyer was a comedy based on Madelon´s legend starring the great Line Renaud who plays the title character and sings the song surrounded by soldiers. Spanish actress-singer Sara Montiel sang it in the box office hit movie El Último Cuplé (Juan de Orduña, Spain 1957). The soundtrack album was also an international success. ==Lyrics== As recorded by Sara Montiel in 1957 Pour le repos le plaisir du militaire Il est là-bas à deux pas de la forêt Une maison aux murs tous couverts de lière Aux Tourlourous c’est le nom du cabaret La servante est jeune et gentille Légère comme un papillon Comme son vin son oeil petille Nous l’appelons la Madelon Nous en rêvous la nuit nous y pensons le jour Ce n’est que Madelon mais pour nous c’est l’amour Quand Madelon vient nous servir à boire Sous la tonnelle on frôle son jupon Et chacun lui raconte une histoire Une histoire à sa façon La Madelon pour nous n’est pas sevère Quand on lui prend la taille ou le menton Elle rit c’est tout l’mal qu’elle sait faire Madelon, Madelon, Madelon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Madelon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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