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Thread #60789   Message #975904
Posted By: Mrrzy
03-Jul-03 - 09:25 AM
Thread Name: English lyrics to trad. French songs?
Subject: RE: English lyrics to trad. French songs?
Les canuts - is that the one that goes Nous sommes les canuts, nous sommes tous nus... I could translate that one.

To sing "beni creator" you need golden robes (bis), we weave them for those great church folk, but we poor Canuts don't even have shirts. We are the Canuts, we are all nude.

To govern you need coats and ribbons and (something, sorry, bis), we weave them for those great city folk but we poor Canuts are buried without [winding] sheets. We are the Canuts, we are all nude.

Our reign will come when theirs ends (bis), and we will weave the shroud of the old world since we already hear the revolution growling. We are the Canuts, we won't be nude any more.

It isn't poetry... and I wish I knew the others.

Try Al(l?)an Mills, who sings in both English and French, usually the same songs.