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| Écoutez bien les petits plaisirs
| Listen carefully to the small pleasures
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| Que Basile a eus dans sa vie (bis)
| That Basil had in his life (twice)
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| Un jour étant compère
| One day being shill
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| Il était content comme y’en avait guère
| He was happy as there were hardly any
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| Il attela son p’tit grison
| He harnessed his little dapple
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| Harnais doré et bridon d’argent (bis)
| Golden harness and silver bridle (bis)
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| S’en va trouvé Nicotte
| Goes found Nicotte
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| Il était content que le coeur y’en toque
| He was glad the heart knocked
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| Quand fut rendu sur le p’tit coteau
| When was returned to the little hillside
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| Le p’tit ch’val gris prenait le galop (bis)
| The little gray horse was galloping (repeat)
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| Malgré qu’il était rosse
| Although he was rude
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| Il passait bien à travers les roches
| It passed well through the rocks
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| Quand fut rendu dans les ornières
| When was in the ruts
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| Le p’tit ch’val gris pouvait p’us marcher (bis)
| The little gray horse couldn't walk (twice)
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| Il dit à sa commère
| He told his gossip
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| Je vais débarquer pousser en arrière
| I'll disembark push back
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| Quand fut venu sur la cantinière
| When came on the canteen
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| De l’argent lui en a manqué (bis)
| He ran out of money (repeat)
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| Il dit à sa commère
| He told his gossip
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| Prêtez-moi cent francs, j’vous le rendrez guère
| Lend me a hundred francs, I'll hardly give it back to you
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| A fallu vendre son calumet
| Had to sell his pipe
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| Tout allumé pis le manche après (bis)
| All lit and the neck after (bis)
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| Aussi t-une belle blague
| Also t-a nice joke
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| De loup-marin garnie en rasade
| Seal garnished
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| Jamais d’ma vie je n’consentirai
| Never in my life will I consent
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| À être compère si mal agreyé (bis)
| To be a friend so badly liked (twice)
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| Ils disent c’est un scandale
| They say it's a scandal
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| D'être compère obligé de vendr' sa blague | To be compère forced to sell his joke |