| John tait amoureux, a se voyait un peu
| John was in love, saw himself a little
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| Il avait un air si bizarre et veillait si tard
| He looked so weird and stayed up so late
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| Il buvait tant de vin que souvent, le matin
| He drank so much wine that often in the morning
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| On pouvait l’entendre de l’tang jusqu’au moulin
| You could hear it from the pond to the mill
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| La fille aux longues mains ne disait jamais rien
| The girl with the long hands never said anything
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| Et le pauvre John pensait bien
| And poor John thought well
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| Qu' veiller dehors jusqu’au lever du jour
| Than watch out till daybreak
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| Il en crverait ou bien de froid ou bien d’amour
| He would die either of cold or of love
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| John avait un bguin, a se voyait un brin
| John had a crush, saw himself a bit
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| Quand il tapait sur sa poitrine en buvant du gin
| When he tapped his chest while drinking gin
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| Il avait l’oeil hagard, buvait toujours part
| He was haggard-eyed, always drinking from
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| Poussait des hurlements qui faisaient fuir le vent
| Raised howls that drove the wind away
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| Mais la fille aux longues mains ne disait jamais rien
| But the girl with the long hands never said anything
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| Et le pauvre John pensait bien
| And poor John thought well
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| Qu' veiller dehors jusqu’au lever du jour
| Than watch out till daybreak
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| Il en crverait ou bien de froid ou bien d’amour
| He would die either of cold or of love
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| John tait amoureux, il en a fait l’aveu
| John was in love, he admitted it
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| Depuis, de la rivire au port, on en rit encore
| Since then, from the river to the port, we still laugh about it
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| Le soir, au coin du feu, on coute les vieux
| In the evening, by the fire, we listen to the old
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| Raconter l’histoire de John l’amoureux
| Tell the story of John the Lover
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| Il aimait la statue d’une belle inconnue
| He liked the statue of a beautiful stranger
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| Morte cent ans auparavant dans un ouragan
| Died a hundred years ago in a hurricane
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| Il allait tous les jours lui dire son amour
| He went everyday to tell her his love
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| Et noyait sa peine dans un verre son retour
| And drowned his pain in a glass his return
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| La fille aux longues mains ne dirait jamais rien
| The girl with the long hands would never say anything
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| Et le pauvre John savait bien
| And poor John knew well
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| Que dans la statue tait son coeur et qu’un jour
| That in the statue was his heart and that one day
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| Il en crverait ou bien de froid ou bien d’amour
| He would die either of cold or of love
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| Que dans la statue tait son coeur et qu’un jour
| That in the statue was his heart and that one day
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| Il en crverait ou bien de froid ou bien d’amour
| He would die either of cold or of love
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| Il en crverait ou bien de froid ou bien d’amour | He would die either of cold or of love |