Milord (song)

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"Milord" or "Ombre de la Rue" is a 1959 song (lyrics by Georges Moustaki, music by Marguerite Monnot), famously sung by Édith Piaf, and subsequently by Candan Erçetin Mercan Dede and a remix from an italian dance artist, In-grid . It is a chanson that recounts the feelings of a lower-class "girl of the port" (perhaps a prostitute) who develops a crush on an elegantly attired apparent upper-class British traveller (or "milord"), whom she has seen walking the streets of the town several times (with a beautiful young woman on his arm), but who hasn't even noticed her. The singer feels that she is nothing more than a "shadow of the street" (ombre de la rue).

Benny Hill produced a skit modeled on the musical Cabaret, and included the song "Milord," sung — in English — by Louise English, a member of Benny's troupe. It is the closing number in the skit and the refrain is repeated as the patrons toast each other and throw confetti.

Cher sang an English version of "Milord" on her second solo album The Sonny Side of Cher which was released in 1966.