| L'enfant au tambour (original) | L'enfant au tambour (translation) |
|---|---|
| Sur la route | On the road |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Petit tambour s’en va | Little drum goes away |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Il sent son coeur qui bat | He feels his heart beating |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Au rythme de ses pas | To the rhythm of his steps |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Ô petit enfant | O little child |
| Où vas-tu? | Where are you going? |
| Hier mon père | Yesterday my father |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| A suivi le tambour | Followed the drum |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Le tambour des soldats | The Drum of the Soldiers |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Alors je vais au ciel | So I go to heaven |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Là je veux donner pour son retour | There I want to give for his return |
| Mon tambour | my drum |
| Tous les anges | all the angels |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Ont pris leurs beaux tambours | Took their beautiful drums |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Et dit à l’enfant | And told the child |
| Ton père est de retour | Your father is back |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Et l’enfant s'éveille | And the child wakes up |
| Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam | Pa-ram-pam-pam-pam |
| Sur son tambour | On his drum |
| Sur son tambour | On his drum |
| Sur son tambour | On his drum |
| Sur son tambour | On his drum |
