Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous (Mademoiselle from Armentieres)

[RasMajnouni]

The WW1 Australian version is better.

[musicaltheatergeek79]

The version I know goes:

The first marine he found the bean, parlez-vous

The second marine he cooked the bean, parlez-vous

The third marine he ate the bean and (raspberry) all over the submarine

Hinky dinky parlez-vous!

[DitzyBrunett247]

My dad was a WWII vet. He sang it differently as well. Something like..... The first marine went over the top parlez vous, the first marine went over the top parlez vous, the first marine went over the top he thought he heard a cannon shot, hinky dinky parlez vous. Don't remember the second verse. Thanks for the memory. I think of the old war songs my sang quite often and this one was one of my favorites.

[carmium]

@DitzyBrunett247 My Dad was only an air cadet, but picked a similar mild version :

The first marine went over the top, parlez-vous?

The second marine went over the top, parlez-vous?

The third marine, he stayed behind, kissed the girls and drank the wine, hinky dinky parlez-vous...

I've wondered if it was the only clean version he heard. 8-)

[OlyveOyle]

I remember hearing these lyrics from somewhere, movie or television program :

Captain Bill went up the hill

Parlez-vous

Captain Bill went up the hill

Parlez-vous

Captain Bill went up the hill

If the Krauts don't get him

We sure will

Hinky Dinky Parlez-vous

[errues2000]

mrs.joslin my dance teacher played this song on her mp3

[monsterman224]

My grandfather who served in War War I in France used to sing this song to me as a young child over 65 yrs. ago. It came up in conversation today so I decided to google it. What a memory, Thanks!

[PotterPossum1989]

I've got a book of dirty limericks, Vulgar Verse by the pseudonym A Gentleman About Town. This is one song that's certainly been parodied to death lol.

[ismokedmt]

I cant get this song out of my head. In the 70s this was sampled in my 5th grade square dancing haha

[chaoman45]

@ismokedmt I never imagined this was a square dancing song until I looked at the video suggestions to the right. The song's really catchy!

[Shebshie]

@ismokedmt Dude so did mine LOL

[fgfan223]

@ismokedmt same here, cept it was the 90's

[ericsandmeyer]

@ismokedmt That's the exact reason I looked this song up too! It popped into my head for some reason...40 years later. lol

[DisorientedDreamer]

I've always wondered what song this was cuz it's in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle. And now I've found it. Thank you. o_o