The Jazz Butcher, also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Bu… Read Full Bio ↴The Jazz Butcher, also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell, is a blackly humorous and (until the early nineties) prolific British musical group founded by Pat Fish, a philosophy major from Oxford. Their oeuvre boasts such topics as Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, an unrequited crush on Shirley Maclaine, and an ode to SF writer Harlan Ellison.

Current and Former Members include: Pat Fish aka The Butcher (founder), Max Eider (founder), Steve Valentine, Owen Jones, Curtis E. Johnson, Pat Beirne, Gabriel Turner, Dooj Wilkinson, Dave Henderson, Paul Mulreany, Richard Formby, Alex Green, Alex Lee, David J, Graham Fudger aka Felix Fudger, Julian Poole, Kevin Haskins, Kizzy O'Callaghan, Laurence O'Keefe, Nick Burson, Rolo McGinty, Colin, Sonic Boom, Alice Thompson, Peter Astor, Peter Crouch, Rodney Allen, and Joe Allen.

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La Mer
The Jazz Butcher Lyrics

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La mer viens dedans
La mer va de hors
Tous les petits poissons habitent dans la mer
C'est vrai, tu sais
La mer c'est bleu
Et les poissons sont verts
La mer c'est bleu
Et les poissons sont verts

C'est vrai, c'est un fait
Et

Chorus:

Tout le monde va a la plage
Parce qu'il est bien joli
Et tout le monde s'amuse bien a la plage

Les elephants sont gris
Et la mer c'est bleu
La mer c'est bleu
Et les elephants sont gris
Mais qu'est-ce qu'il ya des elephants ici?
La mer c'est bleu
Et les elephants ils vont
Les elephants ils vont souvent en vacance
Les elephants font les vacances comme tout le monde
Mais

Chorus

Comme ca!
Et les elephants ils vont
Ils vont en bâteau
Le bâteau ne marche pas
C'est trop petit
Les elephants tombent dans la mer
Mais les elephants, ils nagent jusqu'a la plage
Les elephants ils nagent jusqu'a la plage
Les elephants ils sont sauvés
Et

Chorus

Overall Meaning

The Jazz Butcher's song La Mer features a simple and straightforward appreciation of the sea and its inhabitants. The lyrics are playful and childlike, reminiscent of a nursery rhyme or a beach song, starting off with a French phrase "La mer viens dedans" (which translates to "the sea comes in") before introducing the idea that all the little fish live in the sea. The song waxes lyrical about the blue sea and the green fish, and asserts that these are true facts. The chorus celebrates the joys of the beach, where everyone has fun while appreciating the beauty of the sea.

The second stanza of the song takes a more surreal turn, talking about grey elephants in the midst of the blue sea. The song wonders why there are elephants in the water and imagines these grey giants going for vacation just like humans. Then it segues back to the chorus. The last stanza of the song is about elephants going on a boat ride and falling into the sea. But they manage to swim to the beach, where they are rescued, asserting that the sea is not just a beautiful sight but also a place where one can find help in times of trouble.

Line by Line Meaning

La mer viens dedans
The sea comes inside

La mer va de hors
The sea goes outside

Tous les petits poissons habitent dans la mer
All the little fish live in the sea

C'est vrai, tu sais
It's true, you know

La mer c'est bleu
The sea is blue

Et les poissons sont verts
And the fish are green

La mer c'est bleu
The sea is blue

Et les poissons sont verts
And the fish are green

C'est vrai, c'est un fait
It's true, it's a fact

Tout le monde va a la plage
Everybody goes to the beach

Parce qu'il est bien joli
Because it's really nice