| Moi, je n’sais pas si j’suis d’Grenelle,
| Me, I don't know if I'm from Grenelle,
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| De Monmartre ou de la Chapelle,
| From Monmartre or La Chapelle,
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| D’ici, d’ailleurs ou de l?-bas
| From here, there or there
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| Mais j’sais ben qu’la foule accourue,
| But I know well that the crowd rushed,
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| Un matin, m’a trouv? | One morning found me? |
| su' l’tas
| on the pile
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| Dans la rue.
| In the street.
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| Y a ben des chanc’s pour que mon p? | Is there a good chance that my p? |
| re Il ay' jamais connu ma m? | re He never knew my m? |
| re Qu’jamais connu mon daron,
| re That never knew my daron,
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| Mon daron qui doit l’avoir eue,
| My daron who must have had it,
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| Un soir de noc', qu’il ?tait rond,
| One night, how round he was,
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| Dans la rue.
| In the street.
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| J’m’ai jamais connu d’aut' famille
| I never knew any other family
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| Que la p’tit' marmaill' qui fourmille,
| That the little brats who swarm,
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| Aussi quand ej' m’ai marida,
| Also when I got married,
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| J’m’ai mis avec un' petit' grue
| I put myself with a' little' crane
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| Qui truquait, le soir,? | Who was faking in the evening? |
| dada,
| hobby,
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| Dans la rue.
| In the street.
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| C'?tait un' petit' gonzess' blonde
| It was a little blonde chick
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| Qu’avait la gueul' de la Joconde,
| What was the face of the Mona Lisa,
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| La fess' ronde et l’t?ton pointu
| The round buttocks and the pointed nipple
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| Et qu'?tait aussi bien foutue
| And what was so damn good
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| Qu’les statu’s qui montrent leur cul
| Than the statues that show their ass
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| Dans la rue.
| In the street.
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| C’est ?a qu’c'?tait ben mon affaire !
| That was my business!
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| Mais un beau soir a s’a fait faire:
| But one fine evening was done:
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| Les m? | The m? |
| urs l’ont fourr? | urs stuffed it? |
| e au ballon
| and to the ball
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| Et, depuis qu’alle est disparue,
| And, since she disappeared,
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| J’sorgue? | I sorgue? |
| la paire et j’fais ballon
| the pair and I'm ballooning
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| Dans la rue.
| In the street.
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| A pr? | A pr? |
| sent, o? | feels, where? |
| qu’vous voulez qu' j’aille?
| where do you want me to go?
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| Vous vouderiez-t-y que j’travaille?
| Would you like me to work there?
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| J’pourrais pas… j’ai jamais appris… | I couldn't... I never learned... |
| Va falloir que j’vole ou que j’tue…
| I'll have to steal or kill...
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| Hardi ! | Daring ! |
| Joyeux, pas vu… pas pris…
| Happy, not seen… not taken…
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| Dans la rue. | In the street. |