| Sur la route, parapampampam
| On the road, parapampampam
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| Petit tambour s’en va, parapampampam.
| Little drum goes away, parapampampam.
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| Il sent son coeur qui bat, parapampampam,
| He feels his beating heart, parapampampam,
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| Au rythme de ses pas, parapampampam,
| To the rhythm of his footsteps, parapampampam,
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| Rapampampam, rapampampam.
| Rapampampam, rapampampam.
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| Oh ! | Oh ! |
| petit enfant, pamrapampam,
| small child, pamrapampam,
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| Où vas-tu?
| Where are you going?
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| Hier mon père, parapam…
| Yesterday my father, parapam…
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| A suivi le tambour…
| Followed the drum...
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| Le tambour des soldats…
| The Drum of the Soldiers...
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| Et je m’en vais au ciel…
| And I'm going to heaven...
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| Va, je veux donner, pour son retour,
| Go, I want to give, for his return,
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| Mon tambour.
| My drum.
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| Tous les anges…
| All the angels...
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| Ont pris leur beau tambour…
| Took their beautiful drum...
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| Et ont dit à l’enfant…
| And said to the child...
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| «Ton père est de retour…»
| "Your father is back..."
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| Et l’enfant s'éveille…
| And the child wakes up...
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| Sur son tambour. | On his drum. |