Douce France [English translation]

Familiar memories

Come back to my mind

I recall my black blouse

When I was a student

On the way to school

I sang aloud

Ballads without lyrics

Old songs from the past

Refrain:

Sweet France

Dear country of my childhood

Cradled in tender carefreeness

I have kept you in my heart!

My village with the bell tower and with noble houses

Where children of my age

Have shared my joy

Yes, I love you

And i give you this poem

Yes, I love you

In good times and in bad (in joy or in pain )

Sweet France

Dear country of my childhood

Cradled in tender carefreeness

I have kept you in my heart

I have known landscapes

And these wonderful suns

On distant journeys

Far away under other skies

But how much I prefer

My blue sky, my horizon

My main road and my river

My meadow and my house.

Refrain