It was the evening of a fourteenth of july
A few fairy-lights that shuddered on a line
Cast light on, alone and discreet,
A little ball in the middle of town
Ball little ball
Where I met you
Remember
You were nothing more for me
that evening
than a stranger
Blue or green
Your bright eyes are so clear
They turned my head
On a happy tune
I remember the nice barman
Who argued politics with the phlegmatic agent
And for us both a lone, lazy musician
And the light wind that made your hair fly
And when the last fairy-light went off
A great love was born in the town
It was ours dancing to the morrow
In the little ball now turned quiet
Ball little ball
Where I met you
Remember
You were nothing more for me
that evening
Than a stranger
Blue or green
Your shining eyes are so clear
They turned my head
On a happy tune
Ah ! My friends, it was a beautiful wedding
The barman and his eight kids had come in a horse-drawn coach
And now we're patrons for quite a while
Of this little ball where love one evening dancing
United us for life