| Qui a eu cette ide folle
| Who had this crazy idea
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| Un jour d’inventer l’cole
| One day to invent school
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| C’est ce sacr Charlemagne
| It's that damn Charlemagne
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| Sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred Charlemagne
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| De nous laisser dans la vie
| To leave us in life
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| Que les dimanches, les jeudis
| Than Sundays, Thursdays
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| C’est ce sacr Charlemagne
| It's that damn Charlemagne
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| Sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred Charlemagne
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| Ce fils de Ppin le Bref
| This son of Ppin the Brief
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| Nous donne beaucoup d’ennuis
| Gives us a lot of trouble
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| Et nous avons cent griefs
| And we have a hundred grievances
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| Contre, contre, contre lui
| Against, against, against him
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| Qui a eu cette ide folle
| Who had this crazy idea
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| Un jour d’inventer l’cole
| One day to invent school
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| C’est ce sacr Charlemagne
| It's that damn Charlemagne
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| Sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred Charlemagne
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| Participe pass
| Join pass
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| 4 et 4 font 8
| 4 and 4 is 8
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| Leon de franais
| Leon de franais
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| De mathmatiques
| math
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| Que de que de travail
| What a lot of work
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| Sacr sacr sacr sacr sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred sacred sacred sacred Charlemagne
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| Il aurait d caresser
| He should have stroked
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| Longtemps sa barbe fleurie
| Long his flowery beard
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| Oh Oh sacr Charlemagne
| Oh Oh Sacred Charlemagne
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| Sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred Charlemagne
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| Au lieu de nous ennuyer
| Instead of boring us
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| Avec la gographie
| With geography
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| Oh Oh sacr Charlemagne
| Oh Oh Sacred Charlemagne
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| Sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred Charlemagne
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| Il n’avait qu' s’occuper
| He only had to take care
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| De batailles et de chasse
| Of battles and hunting
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| Nous n’serions pas obligs
| We wouldn't have to
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| D’aller chaque jour en classe
| To go to class every day
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| Il faut apprendre compter
| You have to learn to count
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| Et faire des tas de dictes
| And do lots of dictations
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| Oh Oh sacr Charlemagne
| Oh Oh Sacred Charlemagne
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| Sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred Charlemagne
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| Participe pass
| Join pass
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| 4 et 4 font 8
| 4 and 4 is 8
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| Leon de franais
| Leon de franais
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| De mathmatiques
| math
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| Que de que de travail
| What a lot of work
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| Sacr sacr sacr sacr sacr Charlemagne
| Sacred sacred sacred sacred Charlemagne
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| Car sans lui dans notre vie
| Because without him in our life
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| Y n’y aurait que des jeudis
| There would only be Thursdays
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| Oh Oh sacr Charlemagne
| Oh Oh Sacred Charlemagne
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| Oh Oh sacr Charlemagne
| Oh Oh Sacred Charlemagne
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| Oh Oh sacr Charlemagne… | Oh Oh Holy Charlemagne... |