D 
 Dominique, nique, nique                        Dominique, oh Dominique
         G
 S'en allait tout simplement,                He travelled away quite simply
     D                  A7
 Routier pauvre et chantant                Taking his route poor and singing
           D                7
 En tous chemins, en tous lieux                In all ways, all places
         G               D
 Il ne parle que du bon Dieu.                He only speaks about the good lord
        A7               D
 Il ne parle que du bon Dieu.
 
       G                  D
 A l'�poque o� Jean Sans Terre                At the epoch when John without land
         A7          D
 D'Angleterre �tait roi,                        Over England was the king 
     E7
 Dominique, notre P�re,                        St Dominic our father,
                     A7 
 Combattit les Albigeois.                 Fought the Albegensiens
 
 Certain jour un h�r�tique                One day an heretic, 
 Par des ronces le conduit,                Among the thorns forced him to crawl
 Mais notre P�re Dominique                Our father Dominique
 Par sa joie le convertit.                 By his joy did convert him
   
 Ni chameau, ni diligence,                Neither camel, nor diligence
 Il parcourt l'Europe � pied.                He travels all around Europe on foot,
 Scandinavie ou Provence                        Scandinavia to Provence  
 Dans la sainte pauvret�.                In saintly poverty
  
 Enflamma de toute �coles                Ignited with their schooling
 Filles et gar�ons pleins d'ardeur,        Girls and boys filled with ardour
 Et pour semer la Parole                        And to sow the Word 
 Inventa les Fr�res Pr�cheurs.                 Invented the Brother-Preachers
 
 Chez Dominique et Ses Fr�res                Master Domenic and his brothers 
 Le pain s'en vint � manquer                The bread was not there [from begging]
 Et deux anges se pr�sent�rent,                And two angels are did present him
 Portant deux grands pains dor�s.        Carrying two large golden bread loaves
  
 Dominique vit en r�ve                        Domenica lives in dream
 Les pr�cheurs du monde entier,                The preachers of the entire world,
 Sous le manteau de la Vierge                Under the mantle of the Virgin
 En grand nombre rassembl�s.                In great number assembled.
  
 Dominique, mon bon P�re,                Domenica, my good Father,
 Garde-nous simples et gais                Keep us simple and gay
 Pour annoncer � nos fr�res                For to announce to our brothers
 La Vie et La V�rit�.                        Life and the Truth.
           

[By Jeanne Deckers, 1933-1985. #1 US hit in 1963. Playfully describes St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican (Blackfriars) order, and

his participation in the Albigensian Crusade, (1209-1229), known for its extreme violence and brutality by the catholic crusaders against the

dissendent Cathars of southern gallia. The town of Beziers was 'raped' and its ten-thousand inhabitants slaughtered. A painting of 1475 by Pedro

Berruguete was entitled "Saint Dominic de Guzman presiding over an Auto-da-fe against Albigensians".]