Armand Mestral — Le galerien song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le galerien" by Armand Mestral.
Lyrics
Et je suis aux galères,
Je m’souviens ma mèr' disait
Mais je n’ai pas cru ma mère
Ne traîn' pas dans les ruisseaux
T’bats pas comme un sauvage
T’amuses pas comm' les oiseaux
Ell' me disait d'être sage
J’ai pas tué, j’ai pas volé
J’voulais courir la chance
J’ai pas tué, j’ai pas volé
J’voulais qu’chaqu' jour soit dimanche
Je m’souviens ma mèr' pleurait
Dès qu’je passais la porte
Je m’souviens comme ell’pleurait
Ell' voulait pas que je sorte
Toujours, toujours ell' disait
T’en vas pas chez les filles
Fais donc pas toujours c’qui t’plait
Dans les prisons y a des grilles
J’ai pas tué, j’ai pas volé
Mais j’ai cru Madeleine
J’ai pas tué, j’ai pas volé
J’voulais pas lui fair’de peine
Un jour les soldats du roi
T’emmen’ront aux galères
Tu t’en iras trois par trois
Comme ils ont emmn’nés ton père
Tu auras la têt' rasée
On te mettra des chaînes
T’en auras les reins brisés
Et moi j’en mourrai de peine
J’ai pas tué, j’ai pas volé
Mais j’ai pas cru ma mère
Et je m’souviens qu’ell' m’aimait
Pendant qu’je rame aux galères.
Lyrics translation
And I'm in trouble,
I remember my mother used to say
But I didn't believe my mother
Don't live in the streams
You don't fight like a savage.
You don't like birds.
She told me to be wise
I didn't kill, I didn't steal.
I wanted to run the luck
I didn't kill, I didn't steal.
I wanted every day to be Sunday
I remember my mother crying
As soon as I walked through the door
I remember how she cried.
She didn't want me to go out.
Always, always he said
You're not going to the girls ' House.
So don't always do what you like
In prisons there are grids
I didn't kill, I didn't steal.
But I believed Madeleine
I didn't kill, I didn't steal.
I didn't want him to be sorry.
One day the King's soldiers
They'll take you to the galleys
You'll leave three by three
As they were born your father
You'll get your head shaved.
We'll put chains on you.
You'll have broken kidneys.
And I'll die of it
I didn't kill, I didn't steal.
But I didn't believe my mother.
And I remember she loved me
While I row at the galleys.