| Mon grand-père, le militaire
| My grandfather, the military
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| N’a jamais, jamais compris
| Never, never understood
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| Que la guerre, la vraie, la grande, la sienne
| That the war, the real, the great, his
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| Que sa guerre était finie
| That his war was over
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| (Vive les conscrits !)
| (Long live the conscripts!)
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| Mon grand-père, le militaire
| My grandfather, the military
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| Marche à toutes les sonneries
| On at every ringtone
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| Et comme dirait ma grand-mère «La cavalerie
| And as my grandmother would say "The Cavalry
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| Ça déforme
| It distorts
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| L’uniforme
| The uniform
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| Ça déforme aussi l’esprit»
| It also distorts the mind.
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| (Poil au képi !)
| (Hair in the kepi!)
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| Mon grand-père, le militaire
| My grandfather, the military
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| Ne s’est jamais endormi
| never fell asleep
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| Sans souffler dans sa trompette
| Without blowing his trumpet
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| Pour éteindre sa bougie
| To extinguish his candle
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| (Poil au fusil !)
| (Rifle hair!)
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| Mon grand-père, le militaire
| My grandfather, the military
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| Et ses copains d’escadron
| And his squad mates
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| Le jeudi, jouent à la guerre
| On Thursday, play war
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| Dans le salon
| In the living room
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| On attaque
| We attack
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| Contre-attaque
| Counter attack
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| On se tape des canons
| We're banging cannons
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| (Nom d’un bidon !)
| (Name of a can!)
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| Mon grand-père, le militaire
| My grandfather, the military
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| On l’a surpris l’autre nuit
| We caught him the other night
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| A charger la cuisinière
| To load the stove
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| Pas l' fourneau, mais… mais la Marie !
| Not the stove, but... but the Mary!
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| Comme j' vous l' dis !
| As I tell you!
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| Mon grand-père, le militaire
| My grandfather, the military
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| Pas question de l' réformer
| No question of reforming it
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| Et comme dirait ma grand-mère
| And as my grandmother would say
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| «Moi, ça me plaît
| "Me, I like it
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| Un grand-père
| A grand father
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| Qui sait tout faire
| who knows how to do everything
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| L’amour, la guerre et la paix !»
| Love, war and peace!”
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| Vive le soldat français !
| Long live the French soldier!
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| (Bravo, pépé !) | (Well done, grandpa!) |