| Ton arrière-arrière-grand-père il a défriché la terre
| Your great-great-grandfather he cleared the land
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| Ton arrière-grand-père il a labouré la terre
| Your great-grandfather he plowed the land
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| Et pis ton grand-père a rentabilisé la terre
| And your grandfather made the land profitable
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| Pis ton père il l’a vendue, pour devenir fonctionnaire
| And your father he sold it, to become a civil servant
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| Et pis toi mon p’tit gars tu sais pus c’que tu vas faire
| And what's up with you, my little guy, you don't know what you're going to do
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| Dans ton p’tit trois et d’mie, ben trop cher fret en hiver
| In your little three and a half, way too expensive freight in winter
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| Il te vient des envies de dev’nir propriétaire
| You come from desires to become an owner
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| Et tu rêves la nuit d’avoir ton petit lopin d’terre
| And you dream at night of having your little piece of land
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| Ton arrière-arrière-grand-mère elle a eu quatorze enfants
| Your great-great-grandmother she had fourteen children
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| Ton arrière-grand-mère en a eu quasiment autant
| Your great-grandmother had almost as many
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| Et pis ta grand-mère en a eu trois c’tait suffisant
| And your grandmother had three that was enough
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| Pis ta mère en voulait pas, toi t'étais un accident
| And your mother didn't want it, you were an accident
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| Et puis toi, ma p’tite fille, tu changes de partenaire tout l’temps
| And then you, my little girl, you change partners all the time
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| Quand tu fais des conn’ries, tu t’en sors en avortant
| When you screw up, you get away with having an abortion
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| Mais y a des matins, tu te réveilles en pleurant
| But there are mornings you wake up crying
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| Quand tu rêves la nuit, d’une grand' table entourée d’enfants
| When you dream at night, of a big table surrounded by children
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| Ton arrière-arrière-grand-père a vécu la grosse misère
| Your great-great-grandfather lived through great misery
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| Ton arrière-grand-père il ramassait les cennes noires
| Your great-grandfather he picked up the black pennies
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| Et pis ton grand-père, miracle, y est devenu millionnaire
| And your grandfather, miraculously, became a millionaire there
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| Ton père en a hérité il a tout' mis dans ses REER
| Your dad inherited it he put it all in his RRSP
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| Et pis toi p’tite jeunesse tu dois ton cul au ministère
| And you, little youth, you owe your ass to the ministry
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| Pas moyen d’avoir un prêt dans une institution bancaire
| No way to get a loan in a banking institution
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| Pour calmer tes envies de «hold-uper» la caissière
| To calm your cravings to "hold-up" the cashier
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| Tu lis des livres qui parlent de simplicité volontaire
| You read books that talk about voluntary simplicity
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| Tes arrière-arrière-grands-parents ils savaient comment fêter
| Your great-great-grandparents they knew how to celebrate
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| Tes arrière-grands-parents ça swinguait fort dans les veillées
| Your great-grandparents used to swing loudly in the evenings
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| Pis tes grands-parents ont connu l'époque yé-yé
| And your grandparents knew the yé-yé era
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| Tes parents c’tait les discos c’est là qu’ils se sont rencontrés
| Your parents were in the discos that's where they met
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| Et pis toi mon ami qu’est-ce que tu fais de ta soirée?
| What about you, my friend, what are you doing with your evening?
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| Éteins donc ta TV faut pas rester encabané
| So turn off your TV, don't stay indoors
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| Heureus’ment que dans vie certaines choses refusent de changer
| Luckily some things in life refuse to change
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| Enfile tes plus beaux habits car nous allons ce soir danser | Put on your best clothes 'cause we're going dancing tonight |