Eight O'clock [French translation]

It was early in the night

About eight o'clock sharp

When I heard the strangest scream

It was short and narrow

Just a sigh in a shadow

Must have been done with silk

My man was long gone

And so was the kingdom

Now they came to take the queen

The last lock cracked

And broke like a match

The crowd came running in

Said "don't go for the window

That poison you won't swallow

Alive we take the queen !"

Well men, hear me speak

Things ain't what they seem

For this queen too was locked in