Mary Ford - Dominique - English Version - 1964

Dominique, nique, nique,
over the land he plods along
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord
He just talks about the Lord

At a time when Johnny Lackland
over England was the king
Dominique was in the backland
fighting sin like anything

Dominique, nique, nique,
over the land he plods along
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord
He just talks about the Lord

Now a heretic one day
among the thorns forced him to crawl
Dominique with just one prayer
made him hear the good Lord's call

Dominique, nique, nique,
over the land he plods along
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord
He just talks about the Lord

Without horse or fancy wagon
he crossed Europe up and down
Poverty was his companion
as he walked from town to town

Dominique, nique, nique,
over the land he plods along
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord
He just talks about the Lord

One day in the budding Order
there was nothing left to eat
Suddenly two angels walked in
with a load of bread and meat

Dominique, nique, nique,
over the land he plods along
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord
He just talks about the Lord

Grant us now oh Dominique
the grace of love and simple mirth
That we all may help to quicken
godly life and truth on earth

Dominique, nique, nique,
over the land he plods along
And sings a little song
Never asking for reward
He just talks about the Lord
He just talks about the Lord

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[lenaj2454]

I knew the song was about ST. Dominick but that was it. Thanks for the translation!

[IQQIQQI]

@lenaj2454 ... it's a bit different than the french version, but still the same message

[jameselmer77]

Thank you very much, it has been about 50 years I have loved this song, not knowing the words. I was so sorry when it was taken off the air back then, I understand the lack of reverence for the Lord when they were dancing to this tune. Today I wrote down the words, the words are as great as the music.  I have had that tune in my head for several days, so I check it out and here are the words - again - thank you very much. I am James Elmer :-)

[IQQIQQI]

@jameselmer77 ... you are quite welcome ... i didn't use a proper program to record the record(45rpm), so the sound isn't very good

[Caduceus3787]

Thank you for posting, great song

[lkwjs509]

Thank-you for finding this in english, it brings back happy times.

[AnnHeaney1]

I have loved this song for years. It was nice to sing the english lyrics with the song. This song has my soul.

ANN

[marinello6]

Dumb lyrics, cute song at the time but only in French...the original.  This version sucks!

[ahsdist]

Köszönöm, hogy feltöltötted! Egy gyerekkori élmény kapcsolódik ehhez a dalhoz! A középső bátyám miközben a metélt tésztát ette, ennek a dalnak ritmusára szedte fel a tésztát a villára, és közben az első sorát énekelte. Ettől nagyanyánk mindíg mérgesd lett, a mai napig sem tudjuk miért? De még a délutáni iskolába menet, a bátyám még az ablakból beénekelte az első sort! Ez körülbelül 1966-1967-ben történt.

[MrMotownmanny]

Great song!!! Needs a fiddle & a steel guitar & either Alan Jackson's or Toby Keith's lead guitar. 5,000 sstars for the video.

[JoyWolfWoman]

I loved it when I was young and was very happy to hear it again. Thank you, so much. I have no idea, what's it called, but you did a wonderful job, with the "cue cards".