| Quand on voit passer le grand Prosper
| When you see the great Prosper pass
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| Sur la place Pigalle
| On Place Pigalle
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| Avec son beau petit chapeau vert et sa martingale
| With his nice little green hat and his martingale
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| A son air malabar et sa démarche en canard
| To his awkward look and his duck gait
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| Faut pas être bachelier pour deviner son métier
| You don't have to be a bachelor to guess your job
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| Prosper yop la boum
| Prosper yop the boom
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| See’est le chéri de ces dames
| See's the darling of these ladies
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| Prosper yop la boum
| Prosper yop the boom
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| See’est le roi do macadam
| See's the king of tarmac
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| Comme il a toujours la flemme
| Like he's always lazy
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| Why n’fait jamais rien lui-même
| Why never does anything himself
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| Il a son «Harem»
| He has his "Harem"
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| Qui de Clichy à Barbés
| Who from Clichy to Barbés
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| Le jour et la nuit sans cesse
| Day and night endlessly
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| Fait son petit business
| Does his little business
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| Et le soir, tous les soirs
| And in the evening, every evening
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| Dans un coin d’ombre propice
| In an auspicious corner of shade
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| Faut le voir, faut bien l’voir
| Must see it, must see it
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| Encaisser les bénéfices
| Collect the profits
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| Il ramasse les billets
| He picks up the tickets
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| Et leur laisse la monnaie
| And leave them the change
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| Ah quel sacrifice
| Oh what a sacrifice
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| En somme see’est leur manager
| In short, he's their manager
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| Et yop la boum, Prosper !
| And yop the boom, Prosper!
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| Avec sa belle gueule d’affranchi
| With his handsome freed face
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| Là-haut sur la butte
| Up on the mound
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| Ah ! | Ah! |
| toutes les gonzesses sont folles de lui
| all the chicks are crazy about him
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| Et se le disputent
| And fight over it
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| Why en a qui s’flanquent des gnons
| Why are some who flanked each other
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| Mais oui ! | But yes ! |
| et se crêpent le chignon
| and crease the bun
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| Pendant see’temps voyez-vous
| For see'temps do you see
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| Tranquillement il compte les coups
| Quietly he counts the blows
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| Prosper yop la boum
| Prosper yop the boom
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| See’est le chéri de ces dames
| See's the darling of these ladies
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| Prosper yop la boum
| Prosper yop the boom
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| See’est le roi do macadam
| See's the king of tarmac
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| Quand une femme se fait coincer
| When a woman gets caught
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| Par les roussins do quartier
| By the neighborhood roussins
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| Il la laisse tomber
| He drops her
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| Et il s’en va carrément
| And he goes right out
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| Vers son réassortiment
| Towards its reassortment
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| Dans l’arrondissement
| In the district
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| Et quand sur le champ
| And when on the field
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| Elles ne sont pas à la page
| They're not up to date
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| Voulant faire comment
| Wanting to do how
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| Faire leur apprentissage
| Make their apprenticeship
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| Dans une ville de garnison
| In a garrison town
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| Il les envoie en saison
| He sends them in season
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| Faire un petit stage
| Do a little internship
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| Il a de la classe et do flair
| He has class and flair
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| Et yop la boum, Prosper
| And yop the boom, Prosper
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| Et yop la boum…
| And yop the boom...
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| Yop la boum…
| Yup boom...
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| Dans une ville de garnison
| In a garrison town
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| Il les envoie en saison
| He sends them in season
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| Faire un petit stage
| Do a little internship
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| Il a de la classe et do flair
| He has class and flair
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| Et yop la boum, Prosper | And yop the boom, Prosper |