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Au clair de Ia lune, / Mon ami
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1002:"lend me your pen", is a modern substitute for ...
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686:Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot, prĂȘte moi
1336:. New York: Dramatists Play Service. pp.
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1070:. University of California Press. p. 87.
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1168:"Au clair de la lune (English translation)"
1067:Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism
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1309:. New York: Random House. pp. 98â99.
1288:"Story of My Friend Peterkin and the Moon"
900:Chants et Chansons populaires de la France
274:Chants et Chansons populaires de la France
1328:Anderson, Maxwell; William March (1957).
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502:Learn how and when to remove this message
116:Learn how and when to remove this message
1294:. Vol. part 2. London. p. 205.
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406:Someone is lighting the fire."
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1305:Chambers, Whittaker (1952).
988:Benét, William Rose (1955).
902:(1858). Ed. Henri Plon. pp.
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1263:(in French). Archived from
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772:Sadly! His daughter is dead
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575:Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse
554:The Carnival of the Animals
438:But I do know that the door
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1342:Au Clair de la Lune.
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1047:Au clair de la lune
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843:Tender is the Night
829:In their 1957 play
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766:All things are blue
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751:Ce n'est pas un jeu
741:Au clair de la lune
622:Au clair de la lune
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324:On bat le briquet."
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318:Va chez la voisine,
299:Pour Ă©crire un mot.
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135:Au clair de la lune
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