| Dans les montagnes en maraude
| In the marauding mountains
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| La fille du contrebandier
| The Smuggler's Daughter
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| Sur son p’tit ân' portait en fraude
| On his little donkey carried in fraud
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| Du tabac dans son petit panier
| Tobacco in his little basket
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| Elle chantait la ritournelle
| She was singing the refrain
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| Qu’un gars avait faite pour ell'…
| That a guy had made for her...
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| hé!, oh! | hey!, oh! |
| hé!
| Hey!
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| Ell' s’app’lait Houpetta
| Her name was Houpetta
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| Petta-ci, petta-là
| Petta this, petta there
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| Petta-haut, petta-bas
| Petta-high, petta-low
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| Houpetta-la-bella
| Houpetta-la-Bella
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| Houpetta-la-bella
| Houpetta-la-Bella
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| Houpetta, la mia bella
| Houpetta, la mia bella
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| Sur son ân' elle allait
| On her donkey she was going
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| Petta-ci, petta-là
| Petta this, petta there
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| Petta-haut, petta-bas
| Petta-high, petta-low
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| Houpetta-la-bella
| Houpetta-la-Bella
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| Houpetta-la-bella
| Houpetta-la-Bella
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| De sa voix fraîche elle chantait: coucou !
| In her fresh voice she sang: Hello!
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| Au loin l'écho lui répondait: coucou !
| In the distance the echo answered him: hello!
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| Quand le petit âne faisait, hi! | When the little donkey said, hi! |
| han!
| han!
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| Au loin l'écho lui répondait: la même chose
| In the distance the echo replied: the same
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| Coucou-ci, coucou-là
| Hello here, hello there
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| Petta-ci, petta-là;
| Petta this, petta there;
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| L'écho mêlait tout ça
| The echo mixed it all up
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| A la belle Houpetta
| To the beautiful Houpetta
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| Ah! | Ah! |
| ah! | ha! |
| ah! | ha! |
| …
| …
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| Mais un beau jour elle se fit prendre
| But one day she got caught
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| Par un douanier, un bien beau gars
| By a customs officer, a handsome guy
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| Qui lui a pris sans plus attendre
| Who took him without further ado
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| Tout ce qu’elle avait comme tabac
| All the tobacco she had
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| En pleurant la contrebandière
| Mourning the smuggler
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| Lui dit: «ne me fais pas d’misèr's»
| Said to him, "don't make me misery's"
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| Oh! | Oh! |
| hé!, oh! | hey!, oh! |
| hé!
| Hey!
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| Je m’appelle Houpetta
| My name is Houpetta
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| Petta-ci, petta-là
| Petta this, petta there
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| Petta-haut, petta-bas
| Petta-high, petta-low
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| Houpetta-la-bella
| Houpetta-la-Bella
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| Houpetta-la-bella
| Houpetta-la-Bella
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| Houpetta, la mia bella
| Houpetta, la mia bella
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| Je ne veux pas qu’tu touch’s à mon paquet d' tabac
| I don't want you to touch my tobacco pack
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| Je t’en prie, je n’veux pas
| Please, I don't want
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| Ce n’est pas, ce n’est pas
| It's not, it's not
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| Ce n’est pas, ce n’est pas
| It's not, it's not
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| Ce n’est pas ta tabatière
| It's not your snuffbox
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| Mais le douanier lui, il a dit: «je dois»
| But the customs officer, he said, "I have to"
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| Et tout de suite l'écho répondit:
| And immediately the echo answered:
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| Rien parce qu’il n’avait pas crié assez fort
| Nothing because he didn't shout loud enough
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| Alors finalement elle lui a dit: «ben, le v’la»
| So finally she said to him, "Well, here it is"
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| Mais pour s’moquer d’ell' il répondit: «merci ! | But to make fun of her he replied: “Thank you! |
| j’fum’pas»
| I don't smoke"
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| C’est ainsi qu’Houpetta
| This is how Houpetta
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| Sauva tout son tabac
| Saved all his tobacco
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| Le petit ân' trotta
| The little donkey trotted
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| Emmena Houpetta
| Emma Houpetta
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| Ah! | Ah! |
| ah! | ha! |
| ah! | ha! |
| … | … |