Prosper Lyrics in English Maurice Chevalier
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Prosper by Maurice Chevalier from French to English.
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Quand on voit passer le grand Prosper
When we see the great Prosper pass
Sur la place Pigalle
On Place Pigalle
Avec son beau petit chapeau vert et sa martingale
With his beautiful little green hat and his martingale
À son air malabar et sa démarche en canard
With his Malabar air and his duck-like gait
Faut pas être bachelier pour deviner son métier
You don't have to have a high school diploma to guess your job
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boom
C'est le chéri de ces dames
He is the darling of these ladies
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boom
C'est le roi du macadam
He's the king of tarmac
Comme il a toujours la flemme
As he is always lazy
Y n'fait jamais rien lui-même
He never does anything himself
Il a son Harem
He has his Harem
Qui de Clichy à Barbés
Who from Clichy to Barbés
Le jour et la nuit sans cesse
Day and night constantly
Fait son petit business
Does his own little business
Et le soir, tous les soirs
And in the evening, every evening
Dans un coin d'ombre propice
In a favorable corner of shade
Faut le voir, faut bien l'voir
You have to see it, you have to see it
Encaisser les bénéfices
Collect the profits
Il ramasse les billets
He picks up the tickets
Et leur laisse la monnaie
And leave them the change
quel sacrifice
what a sacrifice
En somme c'est leur manager
In short, he’s their manager.
Et yop la boum, Prosper
And yop boom, Prosper
Avec sa belle gueule d'affranchi
With his beautiful freed face
Là-haut sur la butte
Up there on the hill
toutes les gonzesses sont folles de lui
all the girls are crazy about him
Et se le disputent
And they argue about it
Y en a qui s'flanquent des gnons
There are some who hug each other
Mais oui, et se crêpent le chignon
But yes, and mess up the bun
Pendant c'temps voyez-vous
Meanwhile you see
Tranquillement il compte les coups
Quietly he counts the blows
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boom
C'est le chéri de ces dames
He is the darling of these ladies
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boom
C'est le roi du macadam
He's the king of tarmac
Quand une femme se fait coincer
When a woman gets cornered
Par les roussins du quartier
By the neighborhood roussins
Il la laisse tomber
He drops her
Et il s'en va carrément
And he totally leaves
Vers son réassortiment
Towards its reassortment
Dans l'arrondissement
In the district
Et quand sur le champ
And when on the field
Elles ne sont pas à la page
They are not up to date
Voulant faire comment
Wanting to do how
Faire leur apprentissage
Do their apprenticeship
Dans une ville de garnison
In a garrison town
Il les envoie en saison
He sends them in season
Faire un petit stage
Do a short internship
Il a de la classe et du flair
He has class and flair
Et yop la boum, Prosper
And yop boom, Prosper
Et yop la boum
And yop boom
Yop la boum
Yop boom
Dans une ville de garnison
In a garrison town
Il les envoie en saison
He sends them in season
Faire un petit stage
Do a short internship
Il a de la classe et du flair
He has class and flair
Et yop la boum, Prosper
And yop boom, Prosper
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