Les Chimpanzés Lyrics in English by Serge Lama
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Chimpanzés by Serge Lama from French to English.
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Y a le père
There is the father
Y a la mère
There is the mother
Y a l'oncle et les cousins
There is the uncle and the cousins
Et puis y a les voisins
And then there are the neighbors
Qui sont de la famille
Who are family
A force de sonner
By dint of ringing
Pour demander du sel
To ask for salt
Et puis de suite après
And then straight after
Il y a les chimpanzés
There are chimpanzees
Y a l' soudard
There is the thug
Y a l' bâtard
There is the bastard
La femme du boulanger
The baker's wife
Y a l'église et l'armée
There is the church and the army
Qui sont de la famille
Who are family
A force de donner
By giving
Du casque et du missel
Of the helmet and the missal
Et puis tout de suite après
And then straight after
Il y a les chimpanzés
There are chimpanzees
Et dans tout's les familles
And in all families
Y a un mauvais sujet
There is a bad subject
Qu'on met derrièr' les grilles
That we put behind the gates
Comme les chimpanzés
Like chimpanzees
Et dans tout's les familles
And in all families
Y a un grand-père gazé
There is a grandfather gassed
Et un' mauvaise fille
And a bad girl
Qui aime les chimpanzés
Who likes chimpanzees
Y a les morts
There are the dead
Les vivants
The living
Y a les noirs et les blancs
There are blacks and whites
Et ceux qui font semblant
And those who pretend
D'être de la famille
To be family
A force de sonner
By dint of ringing
Pour épouser ma soeur
To marry my sister
Et puis tout de suite après
And then straight after
Il y a les chimpanzés
There are chimpanzees
Y a la vie
There is life
Y a leur vie
There is their life
Il y a bon an mal an
A good year or a year ago
La pluie et le beau temps
Rain and shine
Et puis y a la famille
And then there is family
Tous à moitié sonnés
All half stunned
D'être seuls à plusieurs
To be alone with several people
Et puis tout de suite après
And then straight after
Il y a les chimpanzés
There are chimpanzees
C'est pour ça qu'à l'école
That's why at school
Ils apprenn't à parler
They learn to speak
Mis à part la parole
Apart from the word
Ce sont des chimpanzés
They are chimpanzees
Y a le fils qu'on interne
There is the son who is interned
Parc' qu'il veut voyager
Because he wants to travel
Pour voir moins de casernes
To see fewer barracks
Et de vrais chimpanzés
And real chimpanzees
Y a Zorro
There is Zorro
Ce héros
This hero
Qui vient toujours trop tard
Who always comes too late
Et puis toujours à part
And then always apart
La fa fa la famille
La fa fa the family
Qui me fait regretter
Who makes me regret
D'être venu trop tard
For coming too late
A quelques siècles près
A few centuries apart
J'étais un chimpanzé
I was a chimpanzee
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