I joined the Foreign Legion,
One Thursday cold and wet.
I think it was December,
But you must remember.
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget !
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I joined the Foreign Legion
Became a legionnaire,
We'd marched a far of regions,
To forts we'd been besieged in.
Then one day I forgot why I was there.
I joined Foreign Legion,
Somebody to forget.
She said I'd find it easier,
If I had à mes yeux
Who she was, I do not recollect.
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget,
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To forget.