C'EST LA FILLE DU PIRATE Lyrics in English Léo Ferré
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song C'EST LA FILLE DU PIRATE by Léo Ferré from French to English.
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Par lettres patentes royales
By royal letters patent
J'ai commission de rechercher
I have a commission to research
Les pirates des mers australes
Pirates of the Southern Seas
Pour les saisir et les brancher
To grab them and plug them in
Et quand ma vergue de misaine
And when my foresail yard
Portera cent joyeux pendus
Will carry a hundred happy hanged men
Je quitte les îles lointaines
I leave the distant islands
Et le Roi me paiera mon dû
And the King will pay me my dues
Mais la rout' est longu' et dure
But the road is long and hard
Et dans ma cours' aux coquins
And in my class with the rascals
Je n'ai vu par aventures
I have only seen by adventures
Que de pauvres vrais requins
What poor real sharks
Cela fait bien des semaines
It's been many weeks
Que je navigue sans voir
That I sail without seeing
Une coque qui amène
A hull that brings
De hardi pavillon noir
Of bold black flag
Et nous ferons des pirates
And we will make pirates
Et nous en ferons beaucoup
And we will do a lot
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