Patricia Kaas - À l'enterrement de Sidney Bechet - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Patricia Kaas - À l'enterrement de Sidney Bechet




À l'enterrement de Sidney Bechet
At Sidney Bechet's Funeral
(Fernheim/barbelivien)
(Fernheim/barbelivien)
A l′enterrement d'sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y′avait des flûtes des clarinettes
There were flutes and clarinets
So long big man
So long big man
A l'enterrement d'sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y′avait des putes et des poètes
There were whores and poets
Et des barmans.
And barmen.
A l′enterrement d'sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y′avait boris et sa trompette.
There was Boris and his trumpet.
A l'enterrement d′sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
On jouait de jazz rue de la huchette.
They played jazz on Rue de la Huchette.
A l'enterrement d′sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y'avait des petites fleurs des pâquerettes
There were little flowers, daisies.
So long big man
So long big man
A l'enterrement d′sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Personne n′est venu faire la quíte
No one came to bid him farewell
Pas vous m'ssieurs dames.
Not you, sir, or you, madam.
A l′enterrement d'sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y′avait boris et sa trompette.
There was Boris and his trumpet.
A l'enterrement d′sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
On jouait de jazz rue de la huchette.
They played jazz on Rue de la Huchette.
Dans un club de la new orléans
In a club in New Orleans
Au paradis des musiciens
In the musicians' paradise
Il a sûrement une place assise
He surely has a seat
Dans un orchestre qui se souvient.
In an orchestra that remembers.
A l'enterrement d'sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y′avait des putes et des poètes
There were whores and poets
Et des barmans.
And barmen.
A l′enterrement d'sidney bechet
At Sidney Bechet's funeral
Y′avait des flûtes des clarinettes
There were flutes and clarinets
So long big man
So long big man
So long big man.
So long big man.





Writer(s): Didier Barbelivien, Francois Feldman


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