Au bors de l'eau un bal fut annoncé (bis)
Helene
demande a sa mere pour y aller (bis)
Non, non
ma fille au bal tu n'iras pas (bis)
C'est tu
dansé le ballet sur le talon...clap clap
Le premier
rond le plancher fut secoué (bis)
Le deuxième rond le plancher
c'est effondré (bis)
Helene
tomba dan l'eau (bis)
English Translation
Down by the lake a ball was announced (repeat)
Helene requested her mother permission to go (Repeat)
No, my daughter to the ball you shall not go
(repeat)
Have ever seen a ballet dancer pirouetted upon her heels? (Repeat) ... clap clap
During Helene first dance the floor quavered, (repeat)
Through her second dance the floor completely caved in (repeat)
Helene fell into the water (repeat)
