Track 1

In the prisons of Nantes,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

In the prisons of Nantes,

There was a prisoner,

There was a prisoner.

No one came to visit him,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

No one came to visit him,

Except the jailer's daughter,

The jailer's daughter.

One day he asked her,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

One day he asked her,

"What do people say about me?

What do they say about me?"

"They say in the town,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

They say in the town

That you will be hanged,

Yes, you will be hanged."

"But if I must be hanged,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

But if I must be hanged,

Untie my feet,

Untie my feet."

The young girl,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

The young girl

Untied his feet,

Untied his feet.

The quick-witted prisoner,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

The quick-witted prisoner

Threw himself into the Loire,

Threw himself into the Loire.

As soon as he reached the riverbank,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

As soon as he reached the bank,

He began to sing,

He began to sing.

"I sing for the fair maidens,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

I sing for the fair maidens,

Especially the jailer's daughter,

Especially the jailer's daughter."

"If I ever return to Nantes,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

If I ever return to Nantes,

I will marry her,

I will marry her."

In the prisons of Nantes,

Lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

Di-di-lan-di-lan-di-di-di-dou-dan,

In the prisons of Nantes,

There was a prisoner,

There was a prisoner.