La Dame Patronnesse Lyrics in English Jacques Brel

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Dame Patronnesse by Jacques Brel from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Pour faire une bonne dame patronnesse
To make a good lady patronnesse
Il faut avoir l'œil vigilant
You have to keep a watchful eye
Car comme le prouvent les événements
Because as events prove
Quatre-vingt-neuf tue la noblesse
Eighty-nine kills the nobility
Car comme le prouvent les événements
Because as events prove
Quatre-vingt-neuf tue la noblesse
Eighty-nine kills the nobility
Et un point à l'envers
And an upside point
Et un point à l'endroit
And a point at the place
Un point pour saint joseph
A point for Saint Joseph
Un point pour saint thomas
A point for St. Thomas
Pour faire une bonne dame patronnesse
To make a good lady patronnesse
Il faut organiser ses largesses
You have to organize your largesse
Car comme disait le duc d'elbeuf
For as the Duke of Elbeuf said
'c't'avec du vieux qu'on fait du neuf'
'It's old that we make new'
Car comme disait le duc d'elbeuf
For as the Duke of Elbeuf said
'c't'avec du vieux qu'on fait du neuf'
'It's old that we make new'
Pour faire une bonne dame patronnesse
To make a good lady patronnesse
C'est qu'il faut faire très attention
It's that you have to be very careful
À n'pas s'laisser voler ses pauvresses
Not to be robbed of your poor
C'est qu'on serait sans situation
It's that we would be out of a situation
À n'pas s'laisser voler ses pauvresses
Not to be robbed of your poor
C'est qu'on serait sans situation
It's that we would be out of a situation
Pour faire une bonne dame patronnesse
To make a good lady patronnesse
Il faut être bonne mais sans faiblesse
You have to be good but without weakness
Ainsi j'ai dû rayer de ma liste
So I had to remove it from my list
Une pauvresse qui fréquentait un socialiste
A poor woman who was dating a socialist
Ainsi j'ai dû rayer de ma liste
So I had to remove it from my list
Une pauvresse qui fréquentait un socialiste
A poor woman who was dating a socialist
Pour faire une bonne dame patronnesse
To make a good lady patronnesse
Mesdames tricotez tout en couleur caca d'oie
Ladies knit all in goose poo color
Ce qui permet le dimanche à la grand-messe
This allows Sunday to the Grand Mass
De reconnaître ses pauvres à soi
To recognize your poor to yourself
Ce qui permet le dimanche à la grand-messe
This allows Sunday to the Grand Mass
De reconnaître ses pauvres à soi
To recognize your poor to yourself
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Jacques Brel
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