C'est la guerre
(It's The War)
1954



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Recording History
Dick Stewart and The Page Cavanaugh Trio, C'est la guerre, single, HiFi Records, #R-503-45
Helen Grayco and Harold Mooney and his Orchestra, After Midnight, Vik Records, #4x-0219
Jay Livingston, demo
Lyrics

Ze French, ze  French, I like them fine!
Ze French, ze French, they are friends of mine!
The kids in school are very bright, they sit upon a bench,
And every day from nine to four, they keep on talking French! 

C’est la guerre, c’est la guerre,
Jolie Jacque, Papa Pierre
Jacqueline and Jacques the bear,
All they say, is “c’est la guerre.” 

Ze girl, ze girl, she hears the bell.
Ze boy, ze boy, calling on mam’selle.
To make her little brother leave so they can have a time,
He gives the kid 100 Francs, and that’s about a dime! 

C’est la guerre, c’est la guerre,
Jolie Jacque, Papa Pierre
Jacqueline and Jacques the bear,
All they say, is “c’est la guerre.” 

Ze men, ze men, they’re all so bold,
For love, l’amour, they never get too old.
A fella never leaves his girl alone on his demand,
She may run into grandpapa and he’s a better man.

C’est la guerre, c’est la guerre,
Jolie Jacque, Papa Pierre
Jacqueline and Jacques the bear,
All they say, is “c’est la guerre.”

Ze French, ze French, they’re fond of sport,
They play, très gay, games of every sort.
It’s polo for the very rich and marbles for the poor,
But every man’s in training for l’amour, l’amour, l’amour 

C’est la guerre, c’est la guerre,
Jolie Jacque, Papa Pierre
Jacqueline and Jacques the bear,
All they say, is “c’est la guerre.”

Jolie Jacque and Jacqueline
and even Jacques the bear.
Sayin’ c’est la guerre!

 
C'EST LA GUERRE Criterion Music Corp., 1958. Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (Transcribed Lyrics)