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Songs that don't translate to English so well

@MrPushwood said in #9:
> "Alouette"
>
> Little skylark, lovely little skylark,
> Little skylark, I'll pluck your feathers off.
> I'll pluck the feathers off your head,
> I'll pluck the feathers off your head,
> Off your head!
> Off your head!
> Little lark!
> Little lark!
> O-o-o-oh

Alouette was the first ever French song I heard.
But disagree with you.
Lark, sweet lark, I will pluck your feathers off your head, .... off your back, ... off your neck, ... off your toes, ...
I had checked with translation some years back and it was same as the meaning.
I wish someone would pluck the feathers off MY toes...

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