| Dans le c? | In the heart |
| ur de la Louisiane
| heart of louisiana
|
| John, sous un soleil de plomb
| John, under a blazing sun
|
| Travaille pr? | Work pr? |
| s de La Savane
| s of La Savane
|
| Dans un grand champ de coton
| In a big cotton field
|
| Il transpire? | He sweats? |
| grosses gouttes
| large drops
|
| Il a chaud, il n’en peut plus
| He's hot, he can't take it anymore
|
| Lorsque soudain, sur la route
| When suddenly on the road
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| Une foule est accourue
| A crowd came
|
| Vers le pauvre John qui tremble
| Towards poor shaking John
|
| Margaret l? | Margaret the |
| ve le doigt
| see the finger
|
| A la foule qui se rassemble
| To the crowd that gathers
|
| Elle a dit: «Il s’est jet? | She said, "He threw himself? |
| sur moi!»
| on me!"
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| Il s’est jet? | He threw himself? |
| sur une femme blanche
| on a white woman
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| Il avait trop bu dimanche
| He had too much to drink on Sunday
|
| Ivre comme un porte-paix
| Drunk as a Peacekeeper
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| On emm? | Shall we? |
| ne John au village
| do John in the village
|
| A la maison du sheriff
| At the sheriff's house
|
| Tous les blancs, hurlant de rage
| All white, screaming with rage
|
| R? | R? |
| clament un jugement h? | claim a judgment h? |
| tif
| tif
|
| «C'est un salaud: qu’on le pende!
| "He's a bastard: hang him!
|
| Pour leur donner une le? | To give them a le? |
| on!»
| we!"
|
| John gigote sous la branche
| John fidgets under the branch
|
| Un frisson, puis c’est fini
| A thrill, then it's over
|
| Les hommes blancs, les femmes blanches
| White men, white women
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| Vont se coucher dans la nuit
| Go to bed in the night
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| Faut pas toucher aux femmes blanches
| Don't touch white women
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| T’as l’air fin au bout de la branche!
| You look fine at the end of the branch!
|
| T’es pendu et c’est bien fait
| You hanged and it's well done
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| Sur la maison qui sommeille
| On the sleeping house
|
| Margaret frappe? | Margaret knocks? |
| grands coups
| great blows
|
| Le sheriff qui se r? | The sheriff who r? |
| veille
| Eve
|
| Lui demande: «Que voulez-vous?
| Asks him, “What do you want?
|
| C’est moi qui voulais le n? | It was I who wanted the n? |
| gre»
| gr»
|
| Dit-elle. | She says. |
| «Je viens m’accuser
| "I come to accuse myself
|
| C’est moi qui aimais le n? | It was I who liked the n? |
| gre
| gre
|
| Puis John m’a refus? | Then John turned me down? |
| e.»
| e."
|
| Le sheriff est en col? | The sheriff is in collar? |
| re:
| D:
|
| «Oh! | "Oh! |
| Que d’histoires pour un noir!
| What a story for a black man!
|
| Allons, faut pas vous en faire!
| Come on, don't worry!
|
| Bonsoir, Margaret! | Hello, Margaret! |
| Bonsoir!»
| Good evening!"
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| Refuser une femme blanche!
| Refuse a white woman!
|
| Qu’as-tu fait John? | What did you do John? |
| Qu’as-tu fait?
| What did you do?
|
| Te v' l? | Are you there? |
| pendu? | hanged? |
| une branche
| a branch
|
| Une voix r? | A voice r? |
| pond dans le vent:
| lays in the wind:
|
| «Il est plus heureux qu’avant…
| "He is happier than before...
|
| John est au paradis…
| John is in heaven...
|
| O? | Where? |
| les pauvres n? | the poor n? |
| gres y prient
| gres pray there
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| John est maintenant joueur.»
| John is now a player.
|
| Il est? | He is? |
| la bo? | the bo? |
| te du Bon Dieu | you of the good Lord |