Once On This Island - When We Are Wed Lyrics
My dear Mademoiselle, I have something to saySomething I fear was left unsaidMany thanks for all you've given DanielBut do not be misledMy dear Mademoiselle, you dance so very wellI pray you'll dance for DanielAnd for me when we are wedTi Moune, Andrea and I have been promisedTo each other since we were childrenOur parents are old friendsBut Daniel this is how things are doneTi Moune, it's expectedDaniel, please, we can still be togetherWe'll race away in a carI can't change who I am or where I'm fromAs silver as the moonThere will always be a place for you hereWe will live beside the seaWe'll have childrenA garden and a treeTi Moune, I thought you understoodWe can never marryOh gods, oh gods, are you there?Are you there?There can never be anythingBetween a peasant and a grand hommeThey despise us for our blacknessMarry you, you are madYou're not supposed to be in hereNow what can he wantWith a woman like that?If he lives, how angry the gods will beThe boy has the will of the devil himselfHe'll soon throw her outWhat can a peasant do for a grand hommeBut shine his shoes?He will not want you, Ti MouneBlacker than coal and low as dirtI can tell you thisThey'll never stand before a priestSome girls you marry, some you loveOh, Ti Moune, what has this boy done to you?The girl will have the gods to repayThe gods to repay, the gods to repay
