| J’vis dans une ville de province,
| I live in a provincial town,
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| A six kilom? | Six kilometers away? |
| tres de Caen
| very from Caen
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| Et l?, tout le monde en pince
| And there, everyone has a crush
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| Pour faire des petits cancans
| To make little gossip
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| Ainsi la semaine derni? | So last week? |
| re On a vu, ?a c’est tr? | re We saw, that's tr? |
| s laid
| s ugly
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| Madelon, la vieille laiti? | Madelon, the old milk? |
| re Mettre de l’eau, mettre de l’eau, de l’eau dans son lait
| re Put water, put water, water in her milk
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| Le pharmacien l’a dit? | The pharmacist said it? |
| la bouch? | the mouth? |
| re Et la bouch? | re And the mouth? |
| re l’a dit au cantonnier
| re told the roadmender
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| Le cantonnier l’a dit? | The roadmender said it? |
| Monsieur l’Maire
| Mayor
|
| Et Monsieur l’Maire l’a dit au charcutier
| And the Mayor told the butcher
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| Le charcutier l’a dit au chef de gare
| The butcher told the station master
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| Le chef de gare l’a dit au p? | The station master told the p? |
| re Camus
| re Camus
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| Le p? | The P? |
| re Camus l’a dit? | re Camus said it? |
| la fanfare
| the brass band
|
| Et c’est comme? | And it's like? |
| a que tout l’pays l’a su On a vu un petit jeune homme
| let the whole country know We saw a little young man
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| Dont chacun murmure le nom
| Whose name everyone whispers
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| Qui cueillait de jolies pommes
| Who picked pretty apples
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| Dans l’jardin de la Toinon
| In the Toinon garden
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| On a vu, l’jour de Saint-Pierre
| We saw, St. Peter's Day
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| Le sous-chef de l’orph?on
| The deputy head of the orph?on
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| Embrasser la boulang? | Kiss the baker? |
| re Sur l’derri?re, sur l’derri?re, derri? | re On the back, on the back, behind? |
| re de sa maison
| back from his house
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| Le soir de la grande kermesse
| The evening of the big fair
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| C'?tait pour la Saint-Eloi,
| It was for Saint-Eloi,
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| On a vu la notairesse
| We saw the notary
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| Monter sur les chevaux d’bois
| Ride on wooden horses
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| Pendant ce temps, le notaire
| Meanwhile, the notary
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| Et sa bonne, la Fanchon,
| And his maid, la Fanchon,
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| Ensemble? | Whole? |
| taient all? | had gone? |
| s faire | to do |
| Un petit tour, un petit tour, petit tour de cochons
| A little ride, a little ride, little pig ride
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| Au lavoir, la grande Elise
| In the laundry, the big Elise
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| A dit qu’on avait vol?
| Said we robbed?
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| La grosse cloche de l'?glise
| The Big Church Bell
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| Pensez si? | Think if? |
| a fit parler !
| got talking!
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| Et P? | And P? |
| pin, l’marchand d’galoches
| pin, the galoshes merchant
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| A dit que c'?tait l’bedeau
| Said it was the beadle
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| Qu’avait barbot? | What had barbot? |
| la cloche
| the bell
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| Pour la mettre, pour la mettre apr? | To put it on, to put it on after? |
| s son v? | s his v? |
| lo !
| lol!
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| Si dans cette petite ville
| If in this small town
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| L’un d’vous passe par hasard,
| One of you passes by by chance,
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| A pied, en automobile
| On foot, by car
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| A cheval ou en sid'-car
| On horseback or in a sid'-car
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| Prenez bien garde? | Take good care? |
| tout l’monde
| everybody
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| Car, si vous faites ci ou? | Because if you do this or? |
| a A quatre lieues? | a Four leagues away? |
| la ronde
| Round
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| On l’r?p?te, on l’r?p?te, on l’r?p?tera:
| We repeat it, we repeat it, we will repeat it:
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| Le pharmacien l’dira? | Will the pharmacist tell? |
| la bouch? | the mouth? |
| re Et la bouch? | re And the mouth? |
| re l’dira au cantonnier
| I'll tell the roadmender
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| Le cantonnier l’dira? | The roadmender will tell? |
| Monsieur l’Maire
| Mayor
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| Et Monsieur l’Maire l’dira au charcutier
| And the Mayor will tell the butcher
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| Le charcutier l’dira au chef de gare
| The butcher will tell the station master
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| Le chef de gare l’dira au p? | The stationmaster will tell the p? |
| re Thomas
| re Thomas
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| Le p? | The P? |
| re Thomas l’dira? | re Thomas will tell? |
| la fanfare
| the brass band
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| Et le lendemain tout le pays l’saura. | And the next day the whole country will know. |