Jamais de la Vie

DESCRIPTION: French, supposedly between a soldier trying to learn to swear in French and a French woman who speaks "clean" French: "Ou peut dire 'vache sepagnole?' Jamais de la vie [Not on their life]. On peut dire 'tu sal chemeu?' Jamais...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage dialog soldier
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe, pp. 184-187, "Jamais de la Vie" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: NiMo184

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