| C’est dans ma galère que la go
| It's in my galley that the go
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| Antou m’a quitté oh ah
| Antou left me oh ah
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| C’est dans ma galère que la go
| It's in my galley that the go
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| Antou m’a quitté oh ah
| Antou left me oh ah
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| C’est dans ma galère que la go
| It's in my galley that the go
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| Antou m’a quitté oh ah
| Antou left me oh ah
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| C’est dans ma galère que la go
| It's in my galley that the go
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| Antou m’a quitté oh ah
| Antou left me oh ah
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| Quand j’avais un peu
| When I had a little
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| Matin midi soir
| Morning, noon evening
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| On était ensemble
| We were together
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| A la rue Princesse
| At Princess Street
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| Aux mille maquis
| To the thousand maquis
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| Asalfo payait les poulets
| Asalfo paid for the chickens
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| L’argent est fini
| The money is over
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| Antou a changé de côté
| Antou switched sides
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| Wari ban nan
| Wari ban nan
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| Elle a changé de copain
| She changed boyfriends
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| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
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| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
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| Dieu merci pour moi eh je savais chanter un peu
| Thank God for me hey I could sing a little
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| J’ai fait ma cassette oh on me voit à la télé
| I made my tape oh you see me on TV
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| Matin midi soir c’est moi je chante à la radio
| Morning noon evening it's me I sing on the radio
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| Antou a vu ça elle dit le gaou a percé
| Antou saw that she said the gaou broke through
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| Attends je vais partir le couper
| Wait I'll go cut it
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| Et on dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| And we say first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah
| It's second gaou which is niata oh ah
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| On dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| They say first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah
| It's second gaou which is niata oh ah
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| Dimanche matin eh koko on frappe à ma porte
| Sunday morning eh koko there's a knock on my door
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| A ma grande surprise oh c’est la go Antou je vois
| To my surprise oh it's the go Antou I see
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| On s’embrasse j’ai dit oh y’a longtemps qu’on s’est plus revu
| We kiss I said oh it's been a long time since we've seen each other
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| Elle veut me mentir oh elle dit chéri j’avais voyagé
| She wants to lie to me oh she say honey I had traveled
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| Je suis de retour
| I'm back
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| Je t’appartiens
| I belong to you
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| Prends-moi cadeau, fais ce que tu veux
| Take me a gift, do what you want
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| Mais on dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| But we say first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah
| It's second gaou which is niata oh ah
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| Et on dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| And we say first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah
| It's second gaou which is niata oh ah
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| J’ai dit chéri coco qu’est-ce que tu veux manger
| I said darling coco what do you want to eat
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| Sans même hésiter elle me dit poulet braisé
| Without even hesitating she tells me braised chicken
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| Quand on te dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| When you are told first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh
| It's second gaou which is niata oh
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| J’ai dit chéri coco eh c’est poulet tu veux manger
| I said darling coco hey it's chicken you want to eat
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| Poulet est trop petit ça peut pas te rassasier
| Chicken is too small it can't fill you up
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| C’est caïman braisé, je vais te donner
| It's braised caiman, I'll give you
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| Kedjenou d'éléphant, tu vas manger
| Elephant kedjenou, you will eat
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| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
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| Elle est fâchée, elle dit elle s’en va à la maison
| She mad, she say she's going home
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| Si elle va à la maison population va me tuer
| If she goes home people will kill me
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| Je lui ai demandé pardon, elle a accepté
| I asked her forgiveness, she accepted
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| A un moment donné, elle a tout gâté
| At one point she spoiled everything
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| Elle est quittée dans poulet, elle s’en va dans aloco
| She left in chicken, she's leaving in aloco
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| Si c’est aloco c’est pas compliqué
| If it's aloco it's not complicated
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| C’est plantation de bananes
| It's a banana plantation
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| Tu vas griller
| You're going to grill
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| Au lieu de fourchette, ça peut pas bien piquer
| Instead of fork, it can't sting well
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| C’est avec râteau, tu vas manger oh
| It's with rake, you gon' eat oh
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| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
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| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
| Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
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| Et on dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| And we say first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah
| It's second gaou which is niata oh ah
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| Et on dit premier gaou n’est pas gaou oh
| And we say first gaou is not gaou oh
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| C’est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah | It's second gaou which is niata oh ah |