J'ai Deux Amants - I Have Two Lovers
Composed by Sacha Guitry and Andre Messager
Sung by Yvonne Printemps
Yvonne Wignolle was a singer and dancer in Paris in the early 20th century. She was given the nickname "Printemps" (Springtime) and took it as here stage name. In 1919, she married actor-playwrite Sacha Guitry and they performed together and toured in Europe and the USA. She later fell in love with French film star Pierre Fresnay, while still married to Guitry, and divorced Guitry, remaining with Fresnay for the remainder.
I have two lovers, it is much better!
Because I make believe in each one of them
That the other is the serious Mister
My God, that it is stupid the men!
They give me the same amount
Exactly per month
And I make believe in each one of them
That the other gives me the double each time
And my faith
They believe me
They believe me both
I do not know how we are
But my God
That it is stupid a man, a man, a man
My God that it is stupid a man!
Then you think… two!
Only one lover they is tedious
They is monotonous and suspicious
While two it is really better.
My God who the men are animals
One them f' rait to walk on the head
Easily I believe
If by misfortune they did not have
At this precise place of the wood foliages
Who suit them!
And make them a beautiful ombrageux face
I do not know how we are
We are we are
But my God
That it is stupid a man, a man, a man
My God that it is stupid a man!
Then you think… two!
