| Elle avait sous sa toque de martre,
| She had under her sable hat,
|
| Sur la butte Montmartre,
| On the Montmartre hill,
|
| Un p’tit air innocent.
| A little innocent look.
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| On l’appelait rose, elle? | We called her pink, didn't she? |
| Tait belle,
| You were beautiful,
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| A' sentait bon la fleur nouvelle,
| A' smelled good of the new flower,
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| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
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| Elle avait pas connu son p? | She hadn't known her p? |
| Re,
| D,
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| Elle avait p’us d’m? | She had few m? |
| Re,
| D,
|
| Et depuis 1900,
| And since 1900,
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| A' d’meurait chez sa vieille a? | A' was dying at his old a's? |
| Eule
| Eule
|
| O? | Where? |
| Qu’a' s'? | What's up? |
| Levait comme? | Was lifting like? |
| A, toute seule,
| A, all alone,
|
| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
|
| A' travaillait d? | A' worked from |
| J? | I |
| Pour vivre
| To live
|
| Et les soirs de givre,
| And on frosty evenings,
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| Dans l’froid noir et gla? | In the black and cold cold? |
| Ant,
| Ant,
|
| Son p’tit fichu sur les? | His little fichu on the? |
| Paules,
| Pauls,
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| A' rentrait par la rue des Saules,
| A' came in by Rue des Saules,
|
| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
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| Elle voyait dans les nuit gel? | She saw in the freezing night? |
| Es,
| Is,
|
| La nappe? | The tablecloth? |
| Toil? | Web? |
| E,
| E,
|
| Et la lune en croissant
| And the moon crescent
|
| Qui brillait, blanche et fatidique
| That shone, white and fateful
|
| Sur la p’tite croix d’la basilique,
| On the small cross of the basilica,
|
| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
|
| L'? | L'? |
| T?, par les chauds cr? | T?, by the hot cr? |
| Puscules,
| Pimples,
|
| A rencontr? | Met? |
| Jules,
| Jules,
|
| Qu'? | What? |
| Tait si caressant,
| Was so caressing,
|
| Qu’a' restait la soir? | What was left tonight? |
| E enti? | E enti? |
| Re,
| D,
|
| Avec lui pr? | With him pr? |
| S du vieux cimeti? | S of the old cemetery? |
| Re,
| D,
|
| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
|
| Et je p’tit Jules? | And I little Jules? |
| Tait d’la tierce
| Was of the third
|
| Qui soutient la gerce,
| Who sustains the chap,
|
| Aussi l’adolescent,
| Also the teenager
|
| Voyant qu’elle marchait pantre,
| Seeing that she walked panting,
|
| D’un coup d’surin lui troua l’ventre, | Suddenly, he pierced his stomach, |
| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
|
| Quand ils l’ont couch? | When did they put him down? |
| Sur la planche,
| On Plate,
|
| Elle? | She? |
| Tait toute blanche,
| Was all white,
|
| M? | M? |
| Me qu’en l’ensevelissant,
| Me that by burying it,
|
| Les croque-morts disaient qu’la pauv' gosse
| The undertakers said that the poor kid
|
| ? | ? |
| Tait crev? | Was it flat? |
| L’soir de sa noce,
| On his wedding night,
|
| Rue Saint-Vincent.
| Saint Vincent Street.
|
| Elle avait une belle toque de martre,
| She had a nice sable hat,
|
| Sur la butte Montmartre,
| On the Montmartre hill,
|
| Un p’tit air innocent.
| A little innocent look.
|
| On l’appelait rose, elle? | We called her pink, didn't she? |
| Tait belle,
| You were beautiful,
|
| A' sentait bon la fleur nouvelle,
| A' smelled good of the new flower,
|
| Rue Saint-Vincent. | Saint Vincent Street. |