Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous (Mademoiselle from Armentieres)

Otherwise known as "Mademoiselle from Armentieres", this old song lived on for several decades. This is a song sung by the WWII-era soldiers (and possibly earlier) and there are no specific lyrics. I think that of all of the versions of this song sung in terms of "cleanliness", this is the best one. Part from that, it's performed by The Four Sergeants in the album Bawdy Barracks Ballads and is available on iTunes; however, due to my own frustration with a lot of YouTube videos popping up with advertisements I decided not to include a link to purchase the song. Looks like you're on your own - sorry.

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[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!

[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

[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

[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-)

[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!

[fgfan223]

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

[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.

[Shebshie]

@ismokedmt Dude so did mine LOL

[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!