Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?

A lot of the old songs are dying out. They're just not being sung or passed from one generation to the next.

As a boy my friends and I sang a lot of songs at school or we sung them after school and at home. The songs were from the days of the old west, songs that were sung by Doughboys in the trenches during WWI as well as music sung by everyone during WWII.

You don't hear anyone in our schools singing those songs today. Maybe you'd hear some rap crap or Justin Timberlake stuff.

Here Max and I are doing what we do best: Drink beer, talk and throw peanut shells on the floor. It's alright to do that at this place. Maybe we should have started singing one of the old songs during our lunch at Logan's Roadhouse.

They do a lot of singing in the taverns of Europe but do you ever hear singing in any bar in America? Usually not. They'd think we be nuts if the two of us started singing Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous at Logan's Roadhouse.

That's a WWI song our boys sang in the trenches inbetween bullets. Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous was most likely sung many times over in every bar, tavern, saloon, or pub by these guys. Many a beer has been hinkied, dinkied and parlez-voused with this tune.

Three of my grandmother's six brothers served during WWI on the front lines. These boys were hell on wheels and loved a good fight. The brothers were probably were pretty good at singing Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous until it came time to put up their dukes and fight like a man.

Sing this song. You'll be smiling just like our fighting Doughboys did 90 years ago when they sang it. You don't need to drink a beer to sing this song! :)


Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

You didn't have to know her long,

To know the reason men go wrong!

Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

She's the hardest working girl in town,

But she makes her living upside down!

Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

The cooties rambled through her hair;

She whispered sweetly "C'est la guerre."

Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

Oh, Mademoiselle from Armentieres, Parley-vous

She'll do it for wine, she'll do it for rum,

And sometimes for chocolate or chewing gum!

Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous?