| Si vous voyagez un brin
| If you travel a bit
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| Du c? | Of c? |
| t? | you |
| de St-Quentin
| from St-Quentin
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| Dites bonjour? | Say hello? |
| mes parents
| my parents
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| Qui habitent le cinqui? | Who inhabits the fifth? |
| me rang
| rank me
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| Vous pouvez pas l? | Can't you? |
| manquer
| miss
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| Prenez le ch’min pas pav?
| Take the path not paved?
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| Pr? | Pr? |
| s d’la maison vous verrez
| s from the house you will see
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| Y’a une croix qu’on a plant?
| Is there a cross we planted?
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| En vous voyant arriver, m’man ?tera son tablier
| Seeing you arrive, mom will wear her apron
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| Et dira, mais entrez donc, passez donc dans le salon
| And say, but come in, pass in the living room
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| Les planchers sont frais cir? | The floors are fresh cir? |
| s, on ose? | s, do we dare? |
| peine marcher
| hardly walk
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| Un bouquet de fleurs des champs, embaume l’appartement.
| A bouquet of field flowers perfumes the apartment.
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| Que c’est charmant, chez nos parents
| How charming it is, with our parents
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| C’que ?a sent bon, dans nos vieilles maisons Extrait sonore
| It smells good in our old houses Soundbite
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| Sit? | Sit? |
| t que vous s’rez entr? | Did you come in? |
| s Y faudra vous d? | s Will you need to |
| grayer
| grayer
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| On vous garde pour le souper
| We keep you for supper
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| Car ce soir y’a t’une veill? | 'Cause tonight is there a vigil? |
| e On vid' la chamb' des gar? | e We vid' the boys' room? |
| ons
| so
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| Roul' le tapis du salon
| Roll up the living room rug
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| Heureux, l’p?re tire une bouff? | Happy, the father takes a puff |
| e En attendant les invit? | e Waiting for invites? |
| s Les voisins arrivent gaiement
| s The neighbors arrive cheerfully
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| Avec leur douzaine d’enfants
| With their dozen children
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| On monte en haut les coucher
| We go upstairs to sleep
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| Cinq par lit, faut les tasser
| Five per bed, gotta pack 'em up
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| Quand ils sont tous endormis
| When they're all asleep
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| On ferm' la porte sans bruit
| We shut the door quietly
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| On descend le coeur joyeux
| We go down with a happy heart
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| En attendant les violoneux | Waiting for the fiddlers |
| Ah, c’que c’est gai
| Ah, how fun
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| Dans nos veill? | In our vigils |
| es La vie a du bon
| es Life is good
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| Dans nos vieilles maisons
| In our old houses
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| Pour ceux qui prennent un p’tit coup
| For those who take a little hit
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| Papa sort son caribou
| Daddy takes out his caribou
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| Quand on est ben r? | When are we good? |
| chauff?
| heated
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| On s’invite pour danser
| We invite each other to dance
|
| Ti-Jos avec Jos? | Ti-Jos with Jos? |
| phine
| phine
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| Le grand Arthur pis Caroline
| The great Arthur and Caroline
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| Th? | Th? |
| r?se avec Pol? | meets with Pol? |
| on Pis tous les ma? | on Pis all my? |
| tres de la maison
| very from home
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| Les violons sont accord? | The violins are in tune? |
| s Les musiciens tapent du pied
| s The musicians stamp their feet
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| C’est Fr? | It's Fr? |
| tine qui va caller
| tine who will call
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| Le premier set de la veill? | The first set of the day before? |
| e Swinguez l? | e Swing it? |
| su’s plancher-l?
| su’s floor?
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| Les gigueux sont fatigu? | The jigs are tired? |
| s Th? | s Th? |
| r?se, qui? | answer, who? |
| touffait,
| choke,
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| Est all? | Is gone? |
| e ?ter son corset
| take off her corset
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| Dansons gaiement
| Let's dance merrily
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| C’est le bon temps
| It's the good time
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| Du rigodon
| From Rigodon
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| Dans nos vieilles maisons
| In our old houses
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| Quand c’est l’temps du r? | When is it r time? |
| veillon
| watch
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| Ah, la vieille a fait des cretons
| Ah, the old woman made cretons
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| Du rago? | Ragout? |
| t d’pattes de cochon
| pig's feet
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| D’la tourti? | Tourti? |
| re pis du jambon
| udder of ham
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| Pour dessert sur la table
| For dessert on the table
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| Notre bon sirop d'?rable
| Our good maple syrup
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| Des beignes, d’la cr? | Donuts, cr? |
| me d’habitant
| me of inhabitant
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| Les ceintures changent de cran
| Belts change notches
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| Maintenant qu’on a trop mang?
| Now that we ate too much?
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| On peut? | One can? |
| peine souffler
| hardly breathe
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| Des histoires? | Stories? |
| raconter
| tell
|
| Oh, rire? | Oh, laugh? |
| a fait dig? | did dig? |
| rer
| rer
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| D? | D? |
| j? | I |
| cinq heures du matin
| five in the morning
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| La veill? | The night before |
| e tire? | and shoot? |
| sa fin
| its end
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| On r? | We r? |
| veille les enfants | watch the children |
| On s’dit au revou? | We say goodbye? |
| re en ba? | back to ba? |
| llant
| going
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| Oh yes!
| Oh yes!
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| ?a s’passe comme? | it goes like? |
| a La vie a du bon
| a Life is good
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| Dans nos vieilles maisons
| In our old houses
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| C’est la tradition
| It's the tradition
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| Dans nos vieilles maisons! | In our old houses! |