Family Scene
Jacques Prévert
Norman Shapiro, Translator
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Mammá’s at her knitting
The son’s at his war
No need to ask herself what for
It’s only fitting thinks mammá
And papá what’s he at what’s he at papá?
Papá’s at his business good bourgeois
His wife’s at her knitting
His son’s at his war
And he’s at his business nothing more
