Le petite tonkinoise - Josephine Baker

C’est moi qui suis sa petite

Son Anana, son Anana, son Anammite

Je suis vive, je suis charmante

Comme un p’tit z’oiseau qui chante

Il m’appelle sa p’tite bourgeoise

Sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkinoise

D’autres lui font les doux yeux

Mais c’est moi qu’il aime le mieux

L’soir on cause d’un tas d’choses

Avant de se mettre au pieu

J’apprends la géographie

D’la Chine et d’la Mandchourie

Les frontières, les rivières

Le Fleuve Jaune et le Fleuve Bleu

Y a même l’Amour c’est curieux

Qu’arrose l’Empire du Milieu

C’est moi qui suis sa petite

Son Anana, son Anana, son Anammite

Je suis vive, je suis charmante

Comme un p’tit oiseau qui chante

Il m’appelle sa p’tite bourgeoise

Sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkiki, sa Tonkinoise

D’autres lui font les doux yeux

Mais c’est moi qu’il aime le mieux

I'm his baby

His Anana, his Anana, his Anamite

I'm lively, I'm charming

Like a little bird singing

He calls me his little bourgeois

Her Tonkiki, her Tonkiki, her Tonkinoise

Others give him the soft eyes

But it's me he loves best

In the evening we talk about a lot of things

Before going to bed

I learn geography

From China and Manchuria

Borders, rivers

The Yellow River and the Blue River

There is even Love, it's curious

What waters the Middle Empire

I'm his baby

His Anana, his Anana, his Anamite

I'm lively, I'm charming

Like a little bird singing

He calls me his little bourgeois

Her Tonkiki, her Tonkiki, her Tonkinoise

Others give him the soft eyes

But it's me he loves best