C'est la French, Mon Ami

Verse 1

His pawn on e4, my pawn on e6

Mon Dieu, my bishop sleeps on c8

He wants the space, I want the fight

He plays d4, I play d5 2.d4 d5

My d-pawn holds, the night is late

Chorus

My pawn on e6, c'est la French

He plays d4, I play d5 2.d4 d5

Knight c3, my knight f6 3.Nc3 Nf6

Pawn to e5, knight to d7 4.e5 Nfd7

Pawn f4, I strike with c5 5.f4 c5

Hit his d-pawn, c'est la vie

Verse 2

Knight f3, my knight to c6 6.Nf3 Nc6

His bishop comes to e3 7.Be3

I take on d4, his knight takes back 7...cxd4 8.Nxd4

Bishop c5, his queen d2 8...Bc5 9.Qd2

My bishop eyes d4, oh là là

His queen slides to f2 11.Qf2

I take on d4, then bishop takes 11...Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4

f6 too soon? He wins them all

Chorus

My pawn on e6, c'est la French

He plays d4, I play d5 2.d4 d5

Knight c3, my knight f6 3.Nc3 Nf6

Pawn to e5, knight to d7 4.e5 Nfd7

Pawn f4, I strike with c5 5.f4 c5

Hit his d-pawn, c'est la vie

Bridge

He pushes e5, I hit with c5 3.e5 c5

He props it up with c3 4.c3

Knight c6, then my queen b6 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6

The centre locks, the game runs slow

My queen eyes b2, his d-pawn groans

Chorus

My pawn on e6, c'est la French

He plays d4, I play d5 2.d4 d5

Knight c3, my knight f6 3.Nc3 Nf6

Pawn to e5, knight to d7 4.e5 Nfd7

Pawn f4, I strike with c5 5.f4 c5

Hit his d-pawn, c'est la vie

Outro

Pawn f4, I strike with c5 5.f4 c5

Hit the centre, mon ami, c'est la French