Yves Montand - Battling Joe - traduction des paroles en anglais

Paroles et traduction Yves Montand - Battling Joe




Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Dans un village noir de charbon
In a coal-black village
Dans les ch'minées et les corons
In the chimneys and the pit villages
Tout p'tit il battait ses copains
He was beating his buddies when he was little
Il était fier de ses deux poings
He was proud of his two fists
Presqu'autant qu'son père le mineur
Almost as much as his miner father
Qui disait ça f'ra un boxeur
Who said that'll make a boxer
Le jour de son premier combat
On the day of his first fight
Fallait un nom l'en avait pas
He needed a name and didn't have one
Comme la mode était à l'anglais
Since the fashion was English
Il s'appela Battling Joe
He called himself Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
C'était un peu démesuré
It was a bit over the top
Pour un gosse aux épaules étroites
For a kid with narrow shoulders
Mais qui avait une méchante droite
But who had a wicked right
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Il gagna son premier combat
He won his first fight
Et le soir même avec papa
And that same evening with dad
Il prenait le train pour Paris
He was taking the train to Paris
un boxeur ça vaut son prix
Where a boxer is worth his price
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Il croyait bien en f'sant c'truc-là
He really believed by doing that
Être plus libre mais voilà
To be freer but here you go
Qui dit boxeur dit manager
Who says boxer says manager
Le sien avait une poigne de fer
His had an iron fist
C'était un gars très régulier
He was a very regular guy
Qui pour justifier la moitié
Who to justify half
Des bourses de tous ses combats
Of the money from all his fights
Lui fit mener une vie d'forçat
Made him lead a galley slave's life
On n'est pas pour rigoler
We're not here to have fun
Qu'il disait à Battling Joe
He said to Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Devint un boxeur redouté
Became a feared boxer
Battling faisait de grosses recettes
Battling made big money
Battling devint une grosse vedette
Battling became a big star
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Les dames disaient tout près du ring
The ladies would say close to the ring
Il est délicieux ce Battling
He is so sweet, this Battling
Et elles admiraient son moral
And they admired his morale
Sans penser qu'les coups ça fait mal
Not thinking that blows hurt
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
Battling devint un grand champion
Battling became a great champion
Jusqu'au triste soir un gnon
Until the sad evening when a blow
Lui embrouilla soudain les yeux
Suddenly clouded his eyes
L' manager dit c'est pas sérieux
The manager said it's not serious
Tu d'viens feignant fait ton métier
You're becoming lazy, do your job
Boxe ça rime pas avec pitié
Boxing doesn't rhyme with pity
La foule eut p't-être tort ce soir-là
The crowd was perhaps wrong that night
De siffler la fin du combat
To whistle the end of the match
Malgré les lampes et leurs éclairs
Despite the lights and their flashes
Battling Joe hey Joe n'voyait plus clair
Battling Joe hey Joe could no longer see clearly
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
C'est un nom maint'nant oublié
It's a name now forgotten
Une triste silhouette qui penche
A sad silhouette that leans
Appuyée sur une canne blanche
Leaning on a white cane
Battling Joe
Battling Joe
A tout perdu en un seul soir
He lost everything in one night
Ses yeux son titre et son espoir
His eyes his title and his hope
Mais il sait comme consolation
But he knows as a consolation
Qu'son manager a d'autres champions
That his manager has other champions
Battling Joe
Battling Joe





Writer(s): Desire Dondeyne, Loulou Gaste, Jean Guigo


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