What he sings is this actually: "Cinq cent millions de Chinois" that is "Five hundred millions Chinese". Needless to say it is a song from the 60s.
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kerouac2
Sept cent millions de chinois
Et moi, et moi, et moi
Avec ma vie, mon petit chez-moi
Mon mal de tête, mon point au foie
J'y pense et puis j'oublie
C'est la vie, c'est la vie
Quatre-vingt millions d'indonésiens
Et moi, et moi, et moi
Avec ma voiture et mon chien
Son Canigou quand il aboie
J'y pense et puis j'oublie
C'est la vie, c'est la vie
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strawberita
mmmmh, looks like I am more efficient than Mao on this one... Erasing 200 millions people in one sentence. Gosh, I need to get my basics right...
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riesling
Well, I was the one who initially mis-heard or mis-remembered - thanks a lot for letting me find the name.
Has George Brassens been mentioned yet?
And, in a different register, Stéphane Eicher?
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navajorug
Artemis - it's so nice to hear you like Brel - I get completely carried away when listening to some of his lyrics and as you pointed out, that big mouth full of teeth cannot help but pronounce big!!! I was introduced to Brel many,many years ago by a Belgian friend of mine whom I've lost touch with, so his songs carry some additional meaning to me.
I know it's probably one of his better known songs but this is amongst my favourite and it's about your country :)
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