Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette
Y avait dans un p'tit patelin
Une fille aux yeux rieurs
Et, ce qui ne gâte rien,
Jolie comme un cœur
Dès qu'elle voyait un garçon
Elle fuyait, baissant la tête,
Rougissant de confusion
Sur sa bicyclette
C'était affolant
Et déconcertant
Pédali pédalo pédala pédalant
Son p'tit cœur faisait pan pan
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette, Violette
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette
A bicyclette
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette, Violette
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette
Et pas coquette,
Elle vole bien
Oui mais elle ne s'éloigne jamais
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette, Violette
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept
Elle est sage, la fillette
Mais un jour du mois de mai
Elle décida, ma foi,
D'aller cueillir le muguet
A travers les bois
N'y va pas, lui dit maman
N'y va pas, c'est imprudent
C'est la voix de la raison,
Reste à la maison
Mais c'était l' printemps
Et la belle enfant
Pédali pédala pédalo pédalant
S'en alla tout en chantant
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette, Violette
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette
A bicyclette
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept
Mon p'tit cœur est en fête
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept
J'ai des chansons plein la tête
Dans l' bois, y avait le loup
Qui la croqua tout d'un coup.
La morale de cette histoire,
Faut y croire, faut y croire,
C'est qu' les fillettes ne doivent pas
S'aventurer seules au bois
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, Violette
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette
There was in a small village
A girl with laughing eyes
And, to top it off,
Pretty as a picture
As soon as she saw a boy
She would flee, lowering her head
Blushing with embarrassment
On her bicycle
It was alarming
And disconcerting
Pedaling pedalo pedaling pedaling
Her little heart went pan pan
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette, Violette
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette
On a bicycle
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette, Violette
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette
And not coquettish,
She flies well
Yes but she never goes far
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette, Violette
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
She is a wise girl
But one day in May
She decided, by Jove,
To go pick lilies of the valley
Through the woods
Don't go, said mom
Don't go, it's imprudent
It's the voice of reason,
Stay at home
But it was spring
And the beautiful child
Pedaling pedaling pedaling pedaling
Went off singing
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette, Violette
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette
On a bicycle
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
My little heart is celebrating
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
I have songs in my head
In the woods, there was the wolf
Who suddenly devoured her.
The moral of this story,
You must believe, you must believe,
Is that girls should not
Venture alone into the woods
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Violette