| J’ai vu Mister Pitiful
| I saw Mister Pitiful
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| Et tu peux me croire
| And you can believe me
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| J’ai vu Mister Pitiful
| I saw Mister Pitiful
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| Je ne raconte pas d’histoire
| I don't tell a story
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| J’ai reconnu hier soir sa photo
| I recognized his picture last night
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| En première page de tous les journaux
| On the front page of every newspaper
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| Ouh, c'était bien Mister Pitiful
| Ooh, that was good Mister Pitiful
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| Oh, mais non, je ne suis pas fou !
| Oh, no, I'm not crazy!
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| Oh, tu sais Mister Pitiful
| Oh you know Mister Pitiful
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| Avant qu’il ne soit clochard
| Before he was a tramp
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| C'était quelqu’un, Pitiful
| It was someone, Pitiful
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| J’ai lu toute son histoire
| I read his whole story
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| C'était un acteur adulé
| He was a beloved actor
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| Paraît que toutes les filles l’ont adoré
| Seems all the girls loved it
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| Oh, il nous cachait bien son jeu
| Oh, he hid his game well from us
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| Et son nom encore mieux
| And his name even better
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| Il paraît qu’il avait été
| It seems he had been
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| Le roi du cinéma muet
| The king of silent cinema
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| Qu’il gagnait un argent fou
| That he was earning crazy money
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| Mais qu’il distribuait tous ses sous
| But that he distributed all his money
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| Mister Pitiful
| Mister Pitiful
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| Au-revoir
| Goodbye
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| Adieu Mister Pitiful
| Farewell Mister Pitiful
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| C’est demain qu’on t’enterre
| It's tomorrow that we bury you
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| Il y aura du monde pour ta dernière
| There will be people for your last
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| Des fleurs et le gratin de première
| Flowers and the gratin of premiere
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| Mais tes amis, les bons, Pitiful
| But your friends, the good ones, Pitiful
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| Tu pourras les compter
| You can count them
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| Adieu Mister Pitiful | Farewell Mister Pitiful |