Rue de Lis
The Essex Green * Track #5 On Cannibal Sea
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Rue de Lis by The Essex Green
Performed by
The Essex GreenAbout
The title “Rue de Lis” translates (from French) to “Street of Lilies”, and the further references to musketeers and francs indicate that the main character of this song is a Frenchman (who also appears to have been a soldier and a miser).
Rue de Lis Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's been too many mornings
Since the morning's seen the sun
The day is never-ending
'Til the darkness begun
Peering from the lightman's house
Up on forty-three
Sun is breaking dusk along
The rusty Rue de Lis
[Chorus]
Now he's down the Rue de Lis
He's down the Rue de Lis
We walked him down
The Rue de Lis last night
[Verse 2]
We heard he was a soldier
From a musketeer time
Kept all his secrets
Guarded in wine
Never spent his money
Not a nickel or a franc
Wouldn't trust his sister
Any more than the bank
[Chorus]
Now he's down the Rue de Lis
He's down the Rue de Lis
We walked him down
The Rue de Lis last night
[Verse 3]
After the procession
No one dared make a sound
Counted all his money
And every note they found
Came written an inscription
Only his hand would have seared
"I live my life like
My brothers of the sea"
[Chorus]
And they're down the Rue de Lis
They're down the Rue de Lis
We walked him down
The Rue de Lis last night
[Chorus]
Oh, down the Rue die Lis
Down the Rue de Lis
We walked him down
The Rue de Lis last night