Jacques Douai — Les hiboux song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Les hiboux" by Jacques Douai.

Lyrics

Ce sont les mères des hiboux
Qui désiraient chercher les poux
De leurs enfants, leurs petits choux,
En les prenant sur les genoux.
Leurs yeux d’or valent des bijoux
Leur bec est dur comme cailloux,
Ils sont doux comme des joujoux,
Mais aux hiboux point de genoux !
Votre histoire se passait où?
Chez les Zoulous? Les Andalous?
Ou dans la cabane bambou?
A Moscou? Ou à Tombouctou?
En Anjou ou dans le Poitou?
Au Pérou ou chez les Mandchous?
Hou ! Hou !
Pas du tout, c'était chez les fous.

Lyrics translation

These are the mothers of owls
Who wanted to look for lice
Of their children, their little cabbages,
Taking them on the knees.
Their golden eyes are worth jewels
Their beak is hard as pebbles,
They are soft as toys,
But to owls no knees !
Where was your story going?
At the Zulu? The Andalusians?
Or in the bamboo hut?
Moscow? Or Timbuktu?
In Anjou or in Poitou?
Peru or the Manchus?
Hou ! Hou !
Not at all, it was crazy.