Joie de Vivre "La vie est belle,. . .

". . .voila le quadrille,"

 'Life is beautiful, here comes the cancan." 
Toulouse-Lautrec

 Le Moulin Rouge, Le Moulin Rouge
On opening night, October 6, 1889
Where all Paree’ long to be.

Under the windmill red light sails
As they begin to turn 
Le Moulin Rouge Le Moulin Rouge.

 Skirts flying, legs kicking,
Offenbach music playing
Where all Paree’ long to be. 
 
Cancan girls gorgeous and tall
Les chahuteuses-  Louise, Jane, Nicole & Nina
Le Moulin Rouge, Le Moulin Rouge.

 A happy world of boisterous rhythm,
patrons singing:"ooh-la-la, ooh-la-la',ooh-la-la"
Where all Paree’ long to be.

Oui, Louise, la Goulue will go down in history
As the undisputed French cancan queen
Le Moulin Rouge, Le Moulin Rouge
Where all Paree’ long to be.

  
Fin

Joie de Vivre

Le Moulin Rouge, Le Moulin Rouge
On opening night, October 6, 1889
Where all Paree’ long to be

Under the windmill red light sails
As they begin to turn 
Le Moulin Rouge Le Moulin Rouge

Skirts flying, legs kicking,
Offenbach music playing
Where all Paree’ long to be.

Cancan girls gorgeous and tall
Les chahuteuses-  Louise, Jane, Nicole & Nina
Le Moulin Rouge, Le Moulin Rouge

A happy world of boisterous rhythm, patrons singing
"ooh-la-la, ooh-la-la', ooh-la-la, oooh-la-la,
Where all Paree’ long to be

Oui, Louise, la Goulue will go down in history
As the undisputed French cancan queen
Le Moulin Rouge, Le Moulin Rouge
Where all Paree’ long to be.
by joanny
a villanelle style poem

Fin

photo credits: via tumblr Diorcancan, courtesy of toulouseLautrecFd.Moulin Rouge cancandancers, Moulin Rouge Juliet Prowse,1959, showgirl