Bon Vin, Le (The Good Wine)

DESCRIPTION: French. We drink and a friend sings [the chorus] in my ear. Be careful of this beautiful woman. She had three captains, one in Bordeaux, one in La Rochelle and the other in Versailles. Chorus: "Good wine makes me dead, Love wakes me again."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Peacock)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage sex wine bawdy nonballad rake mistress
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peacock, pp. 249-250, "Le Bon Vin" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Mme. Josephine Costard, "Le Bon Vin" (on PeacockCDROM)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Passant par Paris
File: Pea249

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