Under the bridge,
Beside the river,
The penniless kids play using a stick for a king’s sword
While the mother goes around collecting all she can hoard

Under the bridge,
Beside the river,
A stranger from the rotten vegetable market join them for dinner
No food, no clothes, but could this bearded man be their breadwinner?

Under the bridge,
Beside the river,
He takes the sweet, poor kids around Paris and shows them the city
They enter a shop, look around, but the security shows them no pity

Under the bridge,
Beside the river,
The old man gets a job and promises to provide for the kids like a father
The mother doesn’t want him near them and considers him to be a bother

Under the bridge,
Beside the river,
The weathered man saves the young, war-torn family from a frosty night
The family accept his as one of their own, their guardian, their white knight.