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Once on this Island
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When We Are Wed
My dear Mademoiselle, I have something to say Something I fear was left unsaid Many thanks for all you've given Daniel But do not be misled
My dear Mademoiselle, you dance so very well I pray you'll dance for Daniel And for me when we are wed
Ti Moune, Andrea and I have been promised To each other since we were children Our parents are old friends
But Daniel this is how things are done Ti Moune, it's expected Daniel, please, we can still be together
We'll race away in a car I can't change who I am or where I'm from As silver as the moon There will always be a place for you here
We will live beside the sea We'll have children A garden and a tree
Ti Moune, I thought you understood We can never marry Oh gods, oh gods, are you there? Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Are you there?
There can never be anything Between a peasant and a grand homme They despise us for our blackness Marry you, you are mad You're not supposed to be in here
Now what can he want With a woman like that? If he lives, how angry the gods will be The boy has the will of the devil himself He'll soon throw her out
What can a peasant do for a grand homme But shine his shoes? He will not want you, Ti Moune Blacker than coal and low as dirt
I can tell you this They'll never stand before a priest Some girls you marry, some you love Oh, Ti Moune, what has this boy done to you?
The girl will have the gods to repay The gods to repay, the gods to repay
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