Aristide Bruant — Marche des dos song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Marche des dos" by Aristide Bruant.
Lyrics
A bas la romance et l’idylle,
Les oiseaux, la forêt, le buisson,
Des marlous, de la grande ville,
Nous allons chanter la chanson !
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites !
Grandes ou petites
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites et vivent les dos !
Marlous, nos marmites sont belles,
Le bourgeois les adore, à genoux,
Et Paris, qui compte avec elles,
Est forcé d’compter avec nous.
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites !
Grandes ou petites
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites et vivent les dos !
Le riche a ses titres en caisse,
Nous avons nos valeurs en jupon,
Et malgré la hausse ou la baisse,
Chaque soir on touche un coupon,
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites !
Grandes ou petites
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites et vivent les dos !
Le pante a beau faire des largesses,
Il ne peut être aimé comme nous,
Il a beau fader nos gonzesses,
Il n’sait pas leur foutre des coups.
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites !
Grandes ou petites
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites et vivent les dos !
La rousse a beau serrer les mailles
Du filet qu’elle tend aux déchus,
Nous savons, grâce à nos écailles,
Glisser entre ses doigts crochus.
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites !
Grandes ou petites
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites et vivent les dos !
Pourtant, les jours de guillotine,
Quand la loi raccourcit un marlou,
Nous allons lui chanter matine,
Pendant qu’on lui coupe le cou.
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites !
Grandes ou petites
V’là les dos, vivent les dos !
C’est les dos les gros,
Les beaux,
A nous les marmites et vivent les dos !
Lyrics translation
Down with romance and idyll,
Birds, forest, bush,
Of the Marlus, of the great city,
Let's sing the song !
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
Let's have the pots !
Large or small
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
To us the pots and live the backs !
Marlous, our pots are beautiful,
The bourgeois loves them, on their knees,
And Paris, who counts with them,
Is forced to count on us.
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
Let's have the pots !
Large or small
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
To us the pots and live the backs !
The rich man has his titles in cash,
We have our values in Petticoat,
And despite the rise or fall,
Every night we get a coupon,
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
Let's have the pots !
Large or small
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
To us the pots and live the backs !
The slope does make largesse,
He can't be loved like us,
He really fads our chicks,
He doesn't know what the hell they're doing.
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
Let's have the pots !
Large or small
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
To us the pots and live the backs !
The redhead has to tighten the mesh
Of the net she tends to the fallen,
We know, thanks to our scales,
Slide between her crocheted fingers.
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
Let's have the pots !
Large or small
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
To us the pots and live the backs !
Yet the days of guillotine,
When the law shortens a marlou,
We'll sing him matine,
While we cut his neck.
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
Let's have the pots !
Large or small
Here's your back, live your back !
It's the big backs,
The beautiful,
To us the pots and live the backs !