| Sur un sentier de vert printemps
| On a spring green path
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| Plein de fleurs en papier
| Lots of paper flowers
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| On voit courir les p’tits enfants
| We see the little children running
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| On voit trotter leurs pieds
| We see their feet trotting
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| Ils vont le long des ruisseaux
| They go along the streams
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| Font bonjour aux oiseaux
| Say hello to the birds
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| Ils se batt’nt à coups de poing
| They fight with their fists
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| Tandis qu’on entend au loin…
| As we hear in the distance...
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Écoutez la cloche
| Listen to the bell
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| Enfants en galoches
| Children in galoshes
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| Aïe donc
| Ouch then
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| La cloche a fait
| The bell did
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong ! | Dong! |
| La cloche de l'école
| The school bell
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| Vous appell' Nicole, Gaston
| You called Nicole, Gaston
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| La cloche a fait Ding ! | The bell went Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Il faut courir
| You have to run
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| Pour apprendre ses leçons
| To learn his lessons
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| Et devenir
| And become
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| De bell’s fill’s, de grands garçons
| Bell's girls, big boys
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Écoutez la cloche
| Listen to the bell
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| Ou gare aux taloches
| Or watch out for floats
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| Aïe donc la cloche fait Ding ! | Ouch so the bell goes Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Les cloches font Ding ! | The bells go Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Pour sa demande, le fiancé
| For her request, the groom
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| Sue dans un col cassé
| Sue in a broken collar
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| En jaquette, en souliers vernis
| In a jacket, in patent shoes
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| Il a l’air abruti
| He looks dumb
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| Il bafouill' devant papa
| He sputters in front of daddy
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| Qui ne le comprend pas
| Who doesn't understand it
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| Puis il dit: «J'adore Mad’lein !»
| Then he said, "I love Mad'lein!"
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| Aussitôt, tout s’enchaîne
| Immediately, everything is linked
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Écoutez la cloche:
| Listen to the bell:
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| Le mariage est proche
| The wedding is near
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| Aïe donc !
| Ouch then!
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| La cloche a fait Ding ! | The bell went Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| La cloche du Baptême:
| The Baptism Bell:
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| Un enfant qu’on aime
| A child we love
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| Aïe donc !
| Ouch then!
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| La cloche a fait Ding ! | The bell went Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Puis le temps passe
| Then time passes
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| On devient un homme sérieux
| You become a serious man
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| Et, dans la glace
| And in the ice
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| On s’dit: «J'suis pas trop vieux.»
| We say to ourselves: "I'm not too old."
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Mais la vie va vite
| But life goes fast
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| La jeunesse vous quitte
| The youth leaves you
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| Aïe donc !
| Ouch then!
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| La cloche a fait Ding ! | The bell went Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Un jour, on se sent raplapla:
| One day, we feel overwhelmed:
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| Ya quelqu' chos' qui n’va pas;
| There's something wrong;
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| On n’entend plus bien d’une oreille
| We can no longer hear well in one ear
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| Et de l’autr', c’est pareil
| And on the other, it's the same
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| Dans son fauteuil, on revoit
| In his chair, we see
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| Ce qui fût autrefois
| What was once
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| Premier’s amours, doux frisson
| First loves, sweet thrill
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| C’est la fin de la chanson
| It's the end of the song
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Écoutez la cloche
| Listen to the bell
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| Un' voitur' s’approche
| A 'car' is approaching
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| Aïe donc !
| Ouch then!
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| La cloche a fait Ding Dong !
| The bell went Ding Dong!
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| C’est la cloche funèbre
| It's the funeral bell
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| Le glas des ténèbres
| The death knell of darkness
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| Aïe donc !
| Ouch then!
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| La cloche a fait Ding ! | The bell went Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| Je vous r’connais
| I recognize you
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| Dit Saint Pierre à M’sieur Durand
| Said Saint Pierre to M’sieur Durand
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| Qu’avez-vous fait
| What have you done
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| Sur la terr' la vie durant?
| On earth for life?
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| Ding ! | Ding! |
| Dong !
| Dong!
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| J'écoutais les cloches…
| I was listening to the bells...
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| Vous n’avez rien fait d’moche?
| Didn't you do anything ugly?
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| Moi? | Me? |
| Non !
| Nope !
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| Entrez, mais entrez donc ! | Come in, but come in! |