Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song La complainte de Mandrin , by - Yves Montand. Release date: 13.09.2020
Song language: French
La complainte de Mandrin(original) |
| Nous étions vingt ou trente |
| Brigands dans une bande |
| Tous habillés de blanc |
| A la mode des, vous m’entendez. |
| . |
| Tous habillés de blanc |
| A la mode des marchands |
| La première volerie |
| Que je fis dans ma vie |
| C’est d’avoir goupillé |
| La bourse d’un, vous m’entendez.. |
| C’est d’avoir goupillé |
| La bourse d’un curé |
| J’entrais dedans la chambre |
| Mon Dieu, qu’elle était grande! |
| J’y trouvais mille écus |
| Je mis la main, vous m’entendez.. . |
| J’y trouvais mille écus |
| Je mis la main dessus |
| J’entrais dedans une autre |
| Mon Dieu, qu’elle était haute! |
| De robes et de manteaux |
| J’en chargeais trois, vous m’entendez.. |
| De robes et de manteaux |
| J’en chargeais trois chariots |
| Je les portais pour vendre |
| A la foire en Hollande |
| J’les vendis bon marché |
| Ils ne m’avaient rien, vous m’entendez.. |
| J’les vendis bon marché |
| Ils ne m’avaient rien coûté |
| Ces Messieurs de Grenoble |
| Avec leurs longues robes |
| Et leurs bonnets carrés |
| M’eurent bientôt, vous m’entendez.. |
| Et leurs bonnets carrés |
| M’eurent bientôt jugé |
| Ils m’ont jugé à pendre |
| Ah ! |
| c’est dur à entendre! |
| A pendre et étrangler |
| Sur la place du, vous m’entendez.. |
| A pendre et étrangler |
| Sur la place du marché |
| Monté sur la potence |
| Je regardais la France |
| J’y vis mes compagnons |
| A l’ombre d’un, vous m’entendez.. |
| J’y vis mes compagnons |
| A l’ombre d’un buisson |
| Compagnons de misère |
| Allez dire à ma mère |
| Qu’elle ne me reverra plus |
| J’suis un enfant, vous m’entendez.. |
| Qu’elle ne me reverra plus |
| J’suis un enfant perdu |
| (translation) |
| We were twenty or thirty |
| Bandits in a gang |
| All dressed in white |
| In the fashion of, you hear me. |
| . |
| All dressed in white |
| Merchant Style |
| The first robbery |
| What I did in my life |
| It is to have pinned |
| The purse of one, you hear me.. |
| It is to have pinned |
| A priest's scholarship |
| I walked into the room |
| My God, she was great! |
| I found a thousand crowns there |
| I put my hand out, you hear me.. . |
| I found a thousand crowns there |
| I put my hand on it |
| I entered another |
| My God, she was tall! |
| Of dresses and coats |
| I loaded three, you hear me.. |
| Of dresses and coats |
| I loaded three carts |
| I wore them to sell |
| At the fair in Holland |
| I sold them cheap |
| They had nothing to me, you hear me.. |
| I sold them cheap |
| They cost me nothing |
| These Gentlemen of Grenoble |
| With their long dresses |
| And their square caps |
| Had me soon, you hear me.. |
| And their square caps |
| soon judged me |
| They tried me to hang |
| Ah! |
| it's hard to hear! |
| To hang and strangle |
| On the place of, you hear me.. |
| To hang and strangle |
| In the market square |
| Stem Mounted |
| I was watching France |
| I live there my companions |
| In the shadow of one, you hear me.. |
| I live there my companions |
| In the shade of a bush |
| Companions of Misery |
| Go tell my mother |
| That she won't see me again |
| I'm a child, you hear me.. |
| That she won't see me again |
| I am a lost child |