Serge Gainsbourg "Black and White" lyrics

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Black and White

Une négresse qui buvait du laitAh ! se disait-elle, si je le pouvaisTremper ma figure dans mon bol de laitJe serais plus blanche que tous les Anglais

Un Britannique d'vant son chocolatAh ! se disait-il, et pourquoi ne pasTremper ma figure dans ce machin-làJe serais plus Noir qu'un Noir du Kenya

Une intellectuelle qui buvait du théAh ! se disait-elle, si je le pouvaisTremper ma figure dans ma tasse de théJe serais plus jaune qu' les filles du Yang-Tsé

Un Américain qui buvait du sangAh ! se disait-il, si j'avais le tempsD’tremper ma figure eans mon bol de sangJe serais plus rouge qu'un Mohican

Black and White

A negress who was drinking milkAh! She said to herself, if I couldDip my face in my bowl of milkI would be whiter than all the English

A Britain in front of his chocolateAh! He said to himself, and why notDip my face in that stuff thereI would be blacker than a black from Kenya

An intellectual who was drinking teaAh! She said to herself, if I couldDip my face in my cup of teaI would be more yellow than the girls from Yang-Tse

An American who was drinking bloodAh! He said to himself, if I had the timeTo dig my face in my bowl of bloodI would be redder than a Mohican

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