Yvette Guilbert — Le fiacre song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le fiacre" by Yvette Guilbert.
Lyrics
Un fiacre allait, trottinant
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Un fiacre allait, trottinant
Jaune, avec un cocher blanc
Derrière les stores baissés
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Derrière les stores baissés
On entendait des baisers
Puis une voix disant «Léon !»
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Puis une voix disant «Léon !
Pour … causer, ôte ton lorgnon !»
Un vieux monsieur qui passait
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Un vieux monsieur qui passait
S'écrie «Mais on dirait qu' c’est
Ma femme avec un quidam !
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Ma femme avec un quidam !"
Y s' lance sur le macadam
Mais y glisse su' l' sol mouillé
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Mais y glisse su' l' sol mouillé
Crac ! il est écrabouillé
Du fiacre une dame sort et dit
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Du fiacre une dame sort et dit:
«Chouette, Léon ! C’est mon mari !
Y a plus besoin d' nous cacher,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là !
Y a plus besoin d' nous cacher
Donne donc cent sous au cocher !"
Lyrics translation
A fiacre was walking, trotting
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
A fiacre was walking, trotting
Yellow, with a white check mark
Behind the lowered blinds
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
Behind the lowered blinds
We could hear kisses
Then a voice saying " Leon !»
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
Then a voice saying " Leon !
To ... talk, take off your peep !»
An old gentleman passing by
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
An old gentleman passing by
Exclaims " But it looks like it's
My wife with a quidam !
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
My wife with a quidam !"
Y ' launches on the macadam
But it slips on the wet ground
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
But it slips on the wet ground
Crac ! he's scrawled.
From the fiacre a lady comes out and says
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
From the fiacre a lady comes out and says:
"Nice, Leon ! He's my husband !
There's no need to hide us anymore,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop there !
There's no need to hide us anymore
Give the coachman a cent !"