Aristide Bruant — Belleville Ménilmontant song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Belleville Ménilmontant" by Aristide Bruant.
Lyrics
Papa c'était un lapin
Qui s’app’lait J.-B. Chopin
Et qu’avait son domicile,
A Bell’ville;
L' soir, avec sa p’tit famille,
I' s' baladait, en chantant,
Des hauteurs de la Courtille,
A Ménilmontant.
I' buvait si peu qu’un soir
On l’a r’trouvé su’l' trottoir,
Il' tait crevé bien tranquille,
A Bell’ville;
On l’a mis dans d' la terr' glaise,
Pour un prix exorbitant,
Tout en haut du Pèr'- Lachaise,
A énilmontant.
Depuis c’est moi qu’est l' souteneur
Naturel à ma p’tit' s�?ur,
Qu’est l’ami' d' la p’tit' Cécile,
A Bell’ville;
Qu’est sout’nu' par son grand frère,
Qui s’appelle Eloi Constant,
Qui n’a jamais connu son père
A Ménilmontant.
Ma s�?ur est avec Eloi,
Dont la s�?ur est avec moi,
L’soir, su’l' boul’vard, ej' la r’file,
A Bell’ville;
Comm' ça j' gagn' pas mal de braise,
Mon beau-frère en gagne autant,
Pisqu’i r’fil' ma s�?ur Thérèse,
A Ménilmontant.
L' Dimanche, au lieu d’travailler,
J’mont' les môm' au poulailler,
Voir jouer l’drame ou l’vaud’ville,
A Belle’ville;
Le soir, on fait ses épates,
On étal' son culbutant
Minc' des g’noux et larg' des pattes,
A Ménilmontant.
C’est comm' ça qu' c’est l' vrai moyen
D’dev’nir un bon citoyen:
On grandit, sans s' fair' de bile,
A Bell’ville;
On cri':
Viv' l’Indépendance!
On a l' c�?ur bath et content,
Et l’on nag', dans l’abondance,
A Ménilmontant.
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Lyrics translation
Dad it was a rabbit
J.-B. Chopin
And what was his home,
In Bell'ville;
In the evening, with his little family,
I' s ' walked, singing,
From the heights of the Courtille,
To Menilmontant.
I drank so little that one evening
We found him on the sidewalk.,
It was pretty quiet.,
In Bell'ville;
We put him in the dirt.,
For an exorbitant price,
At the top of the father-Lachaise,
A lot.
Since it is me that is the bra
Natural to my little one?ur,
What is the friend of the little Cecile,
In Bell'ville;
What is Sout'nu ' by his Big Brother,
Which is called Eloi Constant,
Who never knew his father
To Menilmontant.
But what?ur is with Eloi,
Whose s Soia?ur is with me,
In the evening, Su'l 'boul'vard, ej' La R'file,
In Bell'ville;
Comm 'that I' gagn ' not bad embers,
My brother-in-law earns as much,
Pisqu'i R'fil ' ma Sy?ur Thérèse,
To Menilmontant.
On Sunday, instead of working,
I ride 'the môm' to the chicken coop,
See play the drama or the Vaud'ville,
In Belleville;
In the evening, we make a splash,
We spread her tumbling
Thin 'g'nox and wide' legs,
To Menilmontant.
That's how it's the real way
To be a good citizen:
We grow up, without s' fair ' of bile,
In Bell'ville;
We scream:
Long Live Independence!
Do we have the C?ur bath and content,
And we nag' , in abundance,
To Menilmontant.
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