Wanted (Jean Le Voleur)

Confusion and excitement at the Sûreté Cause someone notified a Bulgary this day It’s not the first one (Oh quel malheur malheur) The Chief Inspector nearly loses patience now He shouts we have to catch him anyhow The king of thieves (Jean le voleur voleur) He makes a fool of la Parisienne police Cause he steals all the golden chains and rings he sees He’s got the super brain He never works in vain And the lower world is laughing in its sleeves Wanted Urgently wanted Jean le voleur The king of thieves Is on his secret way by night and day He’s wanted Urgently wanted Le commissaire Monsieur Dupont can’t get a wink of sleep Two o’clock in the morning in the grand hotel The bareness is sleeping everything is well And then it happened (Oh quel malheur malheur) She feels an icy hand at her pretty mouth Her blood runs cold There is no time to cry out loud And someone whispered (Jean le voleur voleur) Pardon Madame don’t be afraid Vous-êtes gentille All I want Please give me all your jewelry Kissing away her tears he quietly disappears And the lower world is laughing in their sleeves Wanted Urgently wanted Jean le voleur The king of thieves Is on his secret way by night and day He’s wanted Urgently wanted Le commissaire Monsieur Dupont can’t get a wink of sleep No wink of sleep You never can imagine How this story ends One day he met Ninette That’s how it began He fell in love so deeply And swore on his knees To take her for his wife Change his former life And then they disappear Wanted Urgently wanted Jean le voleur The king of thieves Is on his secret way by night and day He’s wanted Urgently wanted Le commissaire Monsieur Dupont can’t get a wink of sleep Wanted Urgently wanted Jean le voleur The king of thieves Is on his secret way by night and day He’s wanted --- Wanted (Jean Le Voleur) - A la Carte