| Les dents longues, redoutables
| The long, fearsome teeth
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| Le requin tue sans merci
| The shark kills mercilessly
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| Le surin au fond d’la poche
| The sourin at the bottom of the pocket
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| Sans reproche, c’est Mackie
| Without reproach, it's Mackie
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| Sur les bords de la Tamise
| On the banks of the Thames
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| Le sang coule dans la nuit
| Blood flows in the night
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| On périt les poches vides
| We perish with empty pockets
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| Poches pleines, quelqu’un fuit
| Pockets full, someone is leaking
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| Gens de bien ou hommes riches
| Good people or rich men
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| Disparaissent au grand jour
| Disappear in broad daylight
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| Sur leurs traces, quelqu’un passe
| In their footsteps, someone passes
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| Qui ramène le butin
| Who brings back the loot
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| Jenny Trowler agonise
| Jenny Trowler is dying
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| Un couteau entre les seins
| A knife between the breasts
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| Sur les rives dans l’eau grise
| On the banks in the gray water
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| M’sieur Mackie s’en lave les mains
| Mister Mackie washes his hands of it
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| Et la veuve d'âge tendre
| And the tender-aged widow
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| Que l’on viole dans son lit
| That we rape in his bed
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| Que l’on vole sans attendre
| That we fly without waiting
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| Le gentleman, c’est Mackie
| The gentleman is Mackie
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| Le feu gronde dans la ville
| The fire roars through the city
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| Le feu brille, la mort vient
| The fire is shining, death is coming
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| On s'étonne, on questionne
| We wonder, we question
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| Oui mais Mackie ne sait rien
| Yeah but Mackie don't know nothing
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| Le sang coule des mâchoires
| Blood flows from the jaws
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| Au repas du grand requin
| At the Great Shark's Meal
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| Mains gantées et nappe blanche
| Gloved hands and white tablecloth
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| Monsieur Mackie croque son prochain… | Mr. Mackie bites his next… |