La Chansonnette Lyrics in English by Yves Montand
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Chansonnette by Yves Montand from French to English.
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La la la mine de rien, la voilà qui revient
Oh my, there's nothing, here she comes back
La chansonnette
The song
Elle avait disparu, le pavé de ma rue
It had disappeared, the pavement of my street
Était tout bête
Was quite stupid
Les refrains de Paris avaient pris le maquis
The refrains of Paris had gone underground
Les forains l'orphéon, la chanson de Mackie
The fairgrounds the orpheon, Mackie's song
Mais on oublie jamais le flonflon qui vous met
But we never forget the joke that makes you
Le coeur en fête
The heart in celebration
Quand le vieux musicien dans le quartier
When the old musician in the neighborhood
Viens revoir les anciens, faire son métier
Come see the old ones again, do your job
Le public se souvient
The public remembers
La chansonnette, tiens tiens
The song, hold on
Les titis, les marquis, c'est parti, mon kiki
The titis, the marquises, here we go, my kiki
La chansonnette
The song
À Presley fait du tort car tous les transistors
To Presley is wrong because all the transistors
Soudain s'arrêtent
Suddenly stop
Sous le ciel de Paris
Under the Paris sky
Un accordéon joue la chanson d'Macky comme avant l'néon
An accordion plays Macky's song like before the neon
Cueilli par un flonflon, un tétard en blouson
Picked up by a fool, a tadpole in a jacket
D'un franc d'violette
Of a violet franc
Va fleurir sa Bardot
Her Bardot will bloom
Car malgré son aigle au milieu du dos
Because despite his eagle in the middle of his back
Le coeur est bon
The heart is good
Et sous ses cheveux gris
And under his gray hair
La chansonnette
The song
Sourit
Smiles
La, la, la, hauts les coeurs
La, la, la, high hearts
Avec moi tous en choeur
With me all in unison
La chansonnette
The song
Et passons la monnaie en garçon qui connaît
And pass the change like a boy who knows
La chansonnette
The song
Il a fait sa moisson de refrains d'Paris
He harvested his harvest of refrains from Paris
Les forains, l'orphéon, la chanson d'Macky
The fairgrounds, the orpheon, Macky's song
Car on n'oublie jamais le flonflon qui vous met
Because we never forget the joker who puts you
Le coeur en fête
The heart in celebration
Il faut du temps, c'est vrai pour séparer
It takes time, it's true to separate
Le bon grain de l'ivraie pour comparer
The wheat from the chaff to compare
Mais on trouve un beau jour
But one day we find
Sa chansonnette
His ditty
D'amour
Of love
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