| Il y a cent ans commun commune
| one hundred years ago common common
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| Comme un espoir mis en chantier
| Like a hope set in motion
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| Ils se levèrent pour la Commune
| They rose for the Commune
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| En écoutant chanter Potier
| Listening to Potter sing
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| Il y a cent ans commun commune
| one hundred years ago common common
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| Comme une étoile au firmament
| Like a star in the firmament
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| Ils faisaient vivre la Commune
| They kept the Commune alive
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| En écoutant chanter Clément
| Listening to Clément sing
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| C'étaient des ferronniers
| They were ironworkers
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| Aux enseignes fragiles
| With fragile signs
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| C'étaient des menuisiers
| They were carpenters
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| Aux cent coups de rabots
| To the hundred strokes of planes
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| Pour défendre Paris
| To defend Paris
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| Ils se firent mobiles
| They got mobile
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| C'étaient des forgerons
| They were blacksmiths
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| Devenus des moblots
| Become moblots
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| Il y a cent ans commun commune
| one hundred years ago common common
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| Comme artisans et ouvriers
| As craftsmen and laborers
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| Ils se battaient pour la Commune
| They were fighting for the Commune
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| En écoutant chanter Potier
| Listening to Potter sing
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| Il y a cent ans commun commune
| one hundred years ago common common
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| Comme ouvriers et artisans
| As laborers and craftsmen
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| Ils se battaient pour la Commune
| They were fighting for the Commune
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| En écoutant chanter Clément
| Listening to Clément sing
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| Devenus des soldats
| become soldiers
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| Aux consciences civiles
| To civil consciences
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| C'étaient des fédérés
| They were federated
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| Qui plantaient un drapeau
| Who planted a flag
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| Disputant l’avenir
| Disputing the future
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| Aux pavés de la ville
| On the cobblestones of the city
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| C'étaient des forgerons
| They were blacksmiths
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| Devenus des héros
| Become heroes
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| Il y a cent ans commun commune
| one hundred years ago common common
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| Comme un espoir mis au charnier
| Like a hope put in the mass grave
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| Ils voyaient mourir la Commune
| They saw the Commune die
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| Ah ! | Ah! |
| Laissez-moi chanter Potier
| Let me sing Potter
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| Il y a cent ans commun commune
| one hundred years ago common common
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| Comme une étoile au firmament
| Like a star in the firmament
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| Ils s'éteignaient pour la Commune
| They died out for the Commune
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| Ecoute bien chanter Clément | Listen to Clement sing well |