La bande a bonnot Lyrics in English Joe Dassin
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La bande a bonnot by Joe Dassin from French to English.
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À la société générale
To general society
Une auto démarra et dans la terreur
A self started and in terror
La bande à bonnot mit les voiles
The bonnot band set sail
Emportant la sacoche du garçon payeur
Carrying the paying boy's bag
Dans la de dion-bouton qui cachait les voleurs
In the dion-button that hid the thieves
Octave comptait les gros billets et les valeurs
Octavian counted the big bills and the
Avec raymond-la-science les bandits en auto
With raymond-la-science bandits in cars
C'était la bande à bonnot
It was the bonnot tape
Les banques criaient 'misérables!'
The banks were shouting 'miserable!'
Quand s'éloignait le bruit du puissant moteur
When the sound of the powerful engine was moving away
Comment rattrapper les coupables
How to catch up with the culprits
Qui fuyaient à toute allure à trente-cinq à l'heure?
Who was fleeing at thirty-five an hour?
Sur les routes de france, hirondelles et gendarmes
On the roads of France, swallows and gendarmes
Etaient à leurs trousses, étaient nuit et jour en alarme
Were after them, were night and day in alarm
En casquette à visière, les bandits en auto
In a cap with a visor, the bandits in cars
C'était la bande à bonnot
It was the bonnot tape
Mais bonnot rêvait des palaces
But bonnot dreamed of palaces
Et du ciel d'azur de monte-carlo
And from the azure monte-carlo sky
En fait il voulait vite se ranger des voitures
In fact, he wanted to quickly pull over the cars
Mais un beau matin la police
But one fine morning the police
Encercla la maison de jules bonnot
Surrounded the house of jules bonnot
À choisy, avec ses complices
In choisy, with his accomplices
Qui prenaient dans sa chambre un peu de repos
Who were taking a little rest in his room
Tout paris arriva à pied, en tram et en train
All bets came on foot, by tram and by train
Avec des fusils, des pistolets et des gourdins
With guns, pistols and clubs
Hurlant des balcons, les bandits en auto
Screaming from the balconies, the bandits in cars
C'était la bande à bonnot
It was the bonnot tape
Et menottes aux mains
And handcuffs
Tragique destin
Tragic fate
Alors pour la dernière course
So for the last race
On mit dans le fourgon la bande à bonnot
We put the bonnot tape in the van
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Lyrics © PRESENCE EDITIONS MUSICALES SARL, MUSIC 18
Joe Dassin, Albert Reubrecht, Camille Sauvage, Franck Thomas, Jean-Michel Rivat, Guy Favereau, Christian Jollet
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