Songfacts®:

• "La Rosalie" was written by the prolific songwriter Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857).
  
  It translates rather badly into English, eg:
  
  Rosalie, Rosalie, poor me,
  Every day, every day, I think of you,
  It's from where my blanket, your great disdain
  I am alone in sleep, I grieve.
  
  Rosalie, Rosalie, plump comforter
  You kill me, I'm crazy, I'm done
  I remember my blanket, I remember
  She danced, she danced, she danced well
  
  The song's main claim to fame is that in 1957 the new Malaysian national anthem, "Negaraku," was based on it. >>>

  Suggestion credit:
  Alexander Baron - London, England
• The melody for this song became popular in various French territories, and made its way to Malaysia, where in 1928 is was adapted into a song called "Terang Boelan" ("Bright Moon"). The lyrics were later altered to form the song "Negaraku," which became the Malaysian national anthem.