| Y avait une fois deux bons copains
| There were once two good friends
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| Poil dans la main, rien dans la poche
| Hair in the hand, nothing in the pocket
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| Mais des tas d’choses dans la caboche
| But lots of things in the noggin
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| Qui s’en allaient par les chemins
| Who went by the roads
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| Y avait un p’tit et puis un grand
| There was a little one and then a big one
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| Le p’tit avait l’intelligence
| The little one had the intelligence
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| Le grand il avait la puissance
| The great he had the power
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| Dans les coups durs, y s’mettait d’vant
| In the hard knocks, he put himself forward
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| Et tous les deux
| And both
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| Le p’tit et l’grand
| The small and the big
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| Le coeur joyeux allaient chantant
| Joyful hearts went singing
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| Bras d’ssus bras d’ssous comme des fous
| Arms above arms below like crazy
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| Tralalala, on s’en va
| Tralalala, we're leaving
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| Mais un jour on reviendra
| But one day we'll be back
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| On aura beaucoup bu
| We will have drunk a lot
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| Et beaucoup retenu
| And held back a lot
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| Rien qu’avec nos souv’nirs
| Just with our memories
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| On pourra s’enrichir
| We can get rich
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| Tralalala, on s’en va
| Tralalala, we're leaving
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| Mais un jour on reviendra
| But one day we'll be back
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| Ils eurent soif, ils eurent faim
| They were thirsty, they were hungry
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| Crev? | Burst? |
| rent de froid, firent naufrage
| cold, shipwrecked
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| S’remplirent la t? | They filled the t? |
| te d’un tas d’mirages
| you of a heap of mirages
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| S’coll?rent des ampoules plein les mains
| Hands full of blisters stick together
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| Ils s’en allaient tout droit d’vant eux
| They were going straight ahead
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| Passant de l’Europe en Afrique
| Passing from Europe to Africa
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| Et puis de l? | And then from there |
| en Am? | at Am? |
| rique
| risk
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| Les v’la un jour rev’nus chez eux
| Here they come back home one day
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| Et tous les deux
| And both
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| Le p’tit et l’grand
| The small and the big
|
| Le coeur joyeux allaient chantant
| Joyful hearts went singing
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| Bras d’ssus bras d’ssous comme des fous
| Arms above arms below like crazy
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| Tralalala, nous voila
| Tralalala, here we come
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| C’est assez roul? | Is it bad enough? |
| comme? | as? |
| a
| has
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| Approchez, les amis
| Come closer, friends
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| On a vu du pays
| We've seen the country
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| Rien qu’avec nos souv’nirs
| Just with our memories
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| On va vous enrichir
| We will make you rich
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| Tralalala, nous voila
| Tralalala, here we come
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| C’est assez roul? | Is it bad enough? |
| comme? | as? |
| a
| has
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| Ils s’croyaient des types merveilleux
| They thought they were marvelous types
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| Parce qu’ils savaient des tas d’histoires
| Because they knew lots of stories
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| Mais personne ne voulait les croire
| But no one would believe them
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| On n’les prenait pas au s? | We didn't take them at face value? |
| rieux
| laughing
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| Et, d? | And D? |
| go?t?s, les deux copains
| tastes, the two friends
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| Froid dans le coeur, rien dans la poche
| Cold in the heart, nothing in the pocket
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| Mais des tas d’choses dans la caboche
| But lots of things in the noggin
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| Sont repartis par les chemins
| Have left by the paths
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| Et tous les deux
| And both
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| Le p’tit et l’grand
| The small and the big
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| Pleurs dans les yeux, s’en vont gueulant
| Tears in the eyes, go away yelling
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| Bras d’ssus bras d’ssous «bah, on s’en fout !»
| Arm in arm arm in arm “bah, who cares!”
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| Tralalala, on s’en va
| Tralalala, we're leaving
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| Ces gens-l? | These people? |
| n’nous comprennent pas
| don't understand us
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| Y travaillent jusqu’au bout
| Work it to the end
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| Pour finir dans un trou
| To end up in a hole
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| Sans rien? | Without anything? |
| se raconter
| telling
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| Quand y s’ront d’l’autre c? | When will there be the other c? |
| t?
| you
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| Tralalala, on s’en va
| Tralalala, we're leaving
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| V’la notre soleil qui brille l?-bas
| Here is our sun that shines over there
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| Tralalala lalalala | Tralalala lalalala |