Margonton la jeune bergère
Trouvant dans l'herbe un petit chat
Qui venait de perdre sa mère
L'adopta
Elle entrouvre sa collerette
Et le couche contre son sein
C'était tout c'quelle avait pauvrette
Comme coussin
Le chat la prenant pour sa mère
Se mit à téter tout de go
Émue, Margot le laissa faire
Brave Margot
Un croquant passant à la ronde
Trouvant le tableau peu commun
S'en alla le dire à tout l'monde
Et le lendemain

Quand Margot dégrafait son corsage
Pour donner la gougoutte à son chat
Tous les gars, tous les gars du village
Étaient là, la la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la
Et Margot qu'était simple et très sage
Présumait qu'c'était pour voir son chat
Qu'tous les gars, tous les gars du village
Étaient là, la la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la

L'maître d'école et ses potaches
Le maire, le bedeau, le bougnat
Négligeaient carrément leur tâche
Pour voir ça
Le facteur d'ordinaire si preste
Pour voir ça, n'distribuait plus
Les lettres que personne au reste
N'aurait lues
Pour voir ça, Dieu le leur pardonne
Les enfants de cœur au milieu
Du Saint Sacrifice abandonnent
Le saint lieu
Les gendarmes, même mes gendarmes
Qui sont par nature si ballots
Se laissaient toucher par les charmes
Du joli tableau

Quand Margot dégrafait son corsage
Pour donner la gougoutte à son chat
Tous les gars, tous les gars du village
Étaient là, la la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la
Et Margot qu'était simple et très sage
Présumait qu'c'était pour voir son chat
Qu'tous les gars, tous les gars du village
Étaient là, la la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la

Mais les autres femmes de la commune
Privées d'leurs époux, d'leurs galants
Accumulèrent la rancune, patiemment
Puis un jour, ivres de colère
Elles s'armèrent de bâtons
Et farouches, elles immolèrent le chaton
La bergère après bien des larmes
Pour s'consoler prit un mari
Et ne dévoila plus ses charmes
Que pour lui
Le temps passa sur les mémoires
On oublia l'événement
Seul des vieux racontent encore
À leurs p'tits enfants

Quand Margot dégrafait son corsage
Pour donner la gougoutte à son chat
Tous les gars, tous les gars du village
Étaient là, la la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la
Et Margot qu'était simple et très sage
Présumait qu'c'était pour voir son chat
Qu'tous les gars, tous les gars du village
Étaient là, la la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la
Étaient là, la la la la la la


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Brave Margot Lyrics as written by Georges Brassens

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    Two positive forces are presented in the first part of this song:

    • Margot's goodness of heart, her compassion with a little cat, whom she nourishes as if she were its mother;
    • the boys and men's fascination with this (no doubt) beautiful sight, with its erotic overtones, which is quite a natural attraction without any ill-will; Margot does not feel taken advantage of.

    These two positive forces then give way to a negative, destructive, cruelly violent force: the village's women burn the cat, they burn Margot's more-or-less 'child' - just because it distracted their men's attention.

    One could see this as a crime that must be punished, or even revenged. But no. Things settle, time elapses, Margot no longer draws the men's attention.

    It is not far-fetched to conclude that the negative, vengeful force has won.

    mcouzijnon May 27, 2024   Link

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