Elle avait de l'amour, pauvre Melody Nelson
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
French
Ballade De Melody Nelson - Howie B Remix
serge gainsbourg
Ballade De Melody Nelson - Howie B Remix by serge gainsbourg — French lyrics with English translation, line by line. Learn French through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
Ballade De Melody Nelson - Howie B Remix by serge gainsbourg is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as elle, avait, melody. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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Ouais, elle en avait des tonnes
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Mais ses jours étaient comptés
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14 automnes et 15 étés
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Un petit animal que cette Melody Nelson
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Si adorable garçonne
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Et si délicieuse enfant
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Que je n'ai connu qu'un instant
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Song Vocabulary
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elle
She
avait
had
melody
melody
nelson
nelson
l'amour
love
pauvre
poor
ouais
Yeah
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