Starstruck

Glossary Entry: From the Belts of La Belle Bayou

A favorite among members of the Acadian Non-Brigade, the song “From the Belts of La Belle Bayou” features lyrics by Non-Brigade Colonel, Marie-George Saint Le Goff, set to a traditional Acadian-Amercadian tune. The song tells the story of a lonely Non-Brigader assigned to a starship traveling in regions of the Multiverse with little humanoid habitation, who meets an Acadian Creole girl aboard a passing ship who loves, but quickly leaves him. This plaintive song of lost love is comprised of 127 verses. As there are numerous versions of the aforementioned 127 verses, with dedicated adherents to each version of each verse, we will limit ourselves to offering the first, about which there is little argument:

Shipped out on a navire étoile,
Into L étoilé de void.
I slept alone for cycles,
Non compagnie enjoyed!
All aliens, non Acadians,
‘Til a dark girl toward me flew,
And I fell in love with une Creole Girl,
From the Belts of La Belle Bayou!