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¿Qué mal, Remedios, compañera, que por ser morena gitana? is better translated as "What harm, Remedios, my friend [female], from being a darkinned Gypsy [female]?" Remedios is a name of a locally famous Gypsy singer.

Oh, ç'est la valse de la Belle,

Habillée dans sa robe déteindue et haillonnée;

Ç’est comme ça, je l’avais vu longtemps passé;

En bas du grand chêne vert, une orpheline qu'alle était.

J'ai demandé pour sa main en mariage,

Elle m'a dit, "Espère-moi, quelques années environ.

L’amitié que t’as po...

I think you're allowed to be "racist "during a war when thousands of your troops are being slaughtered by the people you're making fun of.

Such a perversion of Solomon Linda's song ....

Such a grotesque perversion of Solomon Linda's "mbube." There's just a hint of vomit in the back of my throat.

@alternategamer Actual talent was Solomon Linda's Mbube, not all the folk singin' White dudes that ripped it off for 30 years.

@OfirBeck It's Cajun French. Like many Cajun songs, lyrics are fungible depending on the artist, but most versions run along these lines:

"J'ai été au bal hier soir,

tout habillé en noir;

C'est ca l'habille que moi j'aime",

pour courtiser ma belle"

In English,

"I went to the dance last night...