Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes, attributed to Marie-Denise Villers, oil on canvas. 1801. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Wikimedia Commons.]
My Beautiful German Ex-Girlfriend
Keep your hands off her, she’s mine – oh that’s a lie
she’s now my beautiful German ex-girlfriend
Don’t know why she had to disappear,
my beautiful German ex-girlfriend
Don’t treat her badly or you’ll have me to answer to,
she’s my beautiful German ex-girlfriend
Never harm a blonde hair on the head
of my beautiful German ex-girlfriend
Chorus: Don’t help me, Marlene, to get over you (I don’t want to)
Do you still feel the same way about me too?
One thing I can certainly understand
is that adoring boys form a long queue
This song’s a salute to that gorgeous girl,
my beautiful German ex-girlfriend
My love is everlasting and I’m
waiting in the wings for you,
my beautiful German ex-girlfriend,
Marlene.
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Kevin Densley is a graduate of both Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. He has taught writing and literature in numerous Victorian universities and TAFES. He is a poet and writer-in-general. His sixth book-length poetry collection, Isle Full of Noises, was published in early 2026 by Ginninderra Press. He is also the co-author of ten play collections for young people, as well as a multi Green Room Award nominated play, Last Chance Gas, published by Currency Press. Other writing includes screenplays for educational films.
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