My Cherie Amour
Lyrics:
[English]
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
My Cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
My Cherie amour, distant as the Milky Way
My Cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
In a café or sometimes on a crowded street
I've been near you, but you never noticed me
My Cherie amour, won't you tell me how could you ignore
That behind that little smile I wore
How I wish that you were mine
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
Maybe someday, you'll see my face among the crowd
Maybe someday, I'll share your little distant cloud
Oh, Cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
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Vocabulary in this song:
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cherie /ʃɛˈriː/ B2 |
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amour /əˈmʊər/ B2 |
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lovely /ˈlʌv.li/ A2 |
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summer /ˈsʌm.ər/ A1 |
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distant /ˈdɪs.tənt/ B1 |
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milky /ˈmɪl.ki/ B1 |
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way /weɪ/ A1 |
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pretty /ˈprɪt.i/ A2 |
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adore /əˈdɔːr/ B2 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A1 |
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beat /biːt/ A2 |
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wish /wɪʃ/ A2 |
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crowded /ˈkraʊ.dɪd/ B1 |
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street /striːt/ A1 |
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ignore /ɪɡˈnɔːr/ B2 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A1 |
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face /feɪs/ A1 |
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cloud /klaʊd/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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My Cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
➔ Simile (as + adjective + as)
➔ Uses "as lovely as" to compare Cherie Amour to the pleasantness of a summer day, indicating the extent of her beauty and charm. Similes help to create a vivid image in the reader/listener's mind.
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My Cherie amour, distant as the Milky Way
➔ Simile (as + adjective + as) expressing distance/unattainability
➔ This line uses "as distant as" to emphasize that she is emotionally or physically unreachable. The vastness of the Milky Way highlights the perceived gap between the speaker and Cherie Amour.
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You're the only girl my heart beats for
➔ Relative Clause with a preposition at the end (for)
➔ The sentence is restructured to highlight the focus of the heartbeats, Cherie. It's equivalent to "You're the only girl for whom my heart beats."
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How I wish that you were mine
➔ Subjunctive mood expressing a wish
➔ The phrase "wish that you were" indicates a desire for something that is currently not true. The subjunctive mood is used here to express this unreal condition.
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I've been near you, but you never noticed me
➔ Present Perfect Continuous (I've been near) + Simple Past (never noticed)
➔ "I've been near you" implies that the speaker has been consistently close to Cherie Amour for some time. "But you never noticed me" contrasts this ongoing state with a specific past action (or rather, a lack thereof).
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won't you tell me how could you ignore
➔ Inversion with auxiliary verb (could) in an embedded question within a request phrased as a negative question ('won't you tell me')
➔ The embedded question 'how could you ignore' has inverted word order ('could you' instead of 'you could'). 'Won't you tell me...' is a polite way to make a request or ask a question. The correct word order, if it weren't a question, would be "how you could ignore".
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Maybe someday, you'll see my face among the crowd
➔ Future Simple with "will" (you'll see) expressing a possibility/hope in the future.
➔ "You'll see" indicates a belief or hope that this event will occur in the future, even if it's uncertain. "Maybe someday" emphasizes this uncertainty while still maintaining a positive outlook.
