Les Canuts Lyrics in English by Yves Montand

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Canuts by Yves Montand from French to English.
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Pour chanter Veni Creator
To sing Veni Creator
Il faut une chasuble d'or
You need a golden chasuble
Pour chanter Veni Creator
To sing Veni Creator
Il faut une chasuble d'or
You need a golden chasuble
Nous en tissons pour vous, grands de l'église
We weave some for you, great ones of the church
Et nous pauvres canuts
And we poor canuts
N'avons pas de chemise c'est nous les canuts
We don't have a shirt, we're the canuts
Nous sommes tout nus!
We are completely naked!
Pour gouverner, il faut avoir
To govern, you must have
Manteaux ou rubans en sautoir
Coats or ribbons in saltire
Pour gouverner, il faut avoir
To govern, you must have
Manteaux ou rubans en sautoir
Coats or ribbons in saltire
Nous en tissons pour vous grands de la terre
We weave some for you great people of the earth
Et nous, pauvres canuts
And we, poor canuts
Sans drap on nous enterre
Without a sheet they bury us
C'est nous les canuts nous sommes tout nus!
We're the canuts, we're all naked!
Mais notre règne arrivera
But our kingdom will come
Quand votre règne finira
When your reign ends
Mais notre règne arrivera
But our kingdom will come
Quand votre règne finira
When your reign ends
Nous tisserons le linceul du vieux monde
We will weave the shroud of the old world
Car on entend déjà la révolte qui gronde
Because we can already hear the revolt that is brewing
C'est nous les canuts nous n'irons plus nus!
We're the canuts, we won't go naked anymore!
C'est nous les canuts nous n'irons plus nus!
We're the canuts, we won't go naked anymore!
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