Bessie Smith - Preachin' the Blues - translation of the lyrics into French
Bessie Smith Preachin' the Blues

Bessie Smith - Preachin' the Blues

Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - Preachin' the Blues




Preachin' the Blues
Prêcher le blues
Down in Atlanta, GA
En bas à Atlanta, Géorgie
Under the viaduct ev'ry day
Sous le viaduc tous les jours
Drinking corn and hollerin' hooray
Buvant du maïs et criant "Hourra"
Pianos playing 'til the break of day
Les pianos jouent jusqu'au petit matin
But as I turned my head
Mais en tournant la tête
I loudly said, "Preach 'em blues, sing them blues"
J'ai crié : "Prêche le blues, chante le blues"
They certainly sound good to me
Ils sonnent vraiment bien à mes oreilles
I've been in love for the last six months and ain't done worrying yet
Je suis amoureuse depuis six mois et je n'ai pas fini de m'inquiéter
Moan 'em blues, holler them blues
Gémis le blues, hurle le blues
Let me convert your soul
Laisse-moi convertir ton âme
'Cause just a little spirit of the blues tonight
Parce qu'un peu d'esprit du blues ce soir
Let me tell you, girls, that your man ain't treating you right
Laisse-moi te dire, les filles, que ton homme ne te traite pas bien
Let me tell you I don't mean no wrong
Laisse-moi te dire que je ne veux rien de mal
I will learn you something if you listen to this song
Je vais t'apprendre quelque chose si tu écoutes cette chanson
I ain't here to try to save your soul
Je ne suis pas là pour essayer de sauver ton âme
Just want to teach you how to save your good jelly roll
Je veux juste t'apprendre comment sauver ton bon jelly roll
Going on down the line a little further now
Je continue un peu plus loin maintenant
There's many a poor woman down
Il y a beaucoup de pauvres femmes là-bas
Read on down to chapter nine
Lis jusqu'au chapitre neuf
Woman must learn how to take their time
La femme doit apprendre à prendre son temps
Read on down to chapter ten
Lis jusqu'au chapitre dix
Taking other women's men, you are doing a sin
Prendre les hommes des autres femmes, tu commets un péché
Sing'em, sing'em, sing them blues
Chante-les, chante-les, chante le blues
Let me convert your soul
Laisse-moi convertir ton âme
Now one sister by the name of Sister Green
Maintenant, une sœur nommée Sœur Green
Jumped up and done a shimmy you ain't never seen
A sauté et fait un shimmy que tu n'as jamais vu
Sing 'em, sing 'em, sing them blues
Chante-les, chante-les, chante le blues
Let me convert your soul
Laisse-moi convertir ton âme




Writer(s): Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith - Greatest Hits
Album
Greatest Hits
date of release
21-06-2005

1 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
2 Down Hearted Blues
3 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
4 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5 Thinking Blues
6 I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
7 Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
8 Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
9 Spider Man Blues
10 Slow and Easy Man
11 I'm Wild About That Thing
12 You've Got to Give Me Some
13 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
14 Wasted Life Blues
15 Don't Cry Baby
16 Baby, Have Pity on Me
17 Hustlin' Dan
18 Black Mountain Blues
19 In the House Blues
20 Blue Blue
21 I Need A Little Dugar In My Bowl
22 Safety Mama
23 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
24 Alexander's Ragtime Band
25 Preachin' the Blues
26 Back Water Blues
27 Gulf Coat Blues
28 Jail-House Blues
29 St. Louis Gal
30 Aggravatin' Papa
31 Chicago Bound Blues
32 Aint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
33 Any Woman's Blues
34 Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
35 Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
36 Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
37 Hateful Blues
38 New Gulf Coast Blues
39 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
40 The Yellow Dog Blues
41 I Ain't Got Nobody
42 What's the Matter Now
43 Baby Doll
44 Hard Driving Papa
45 The Gin House Blues
46 Lost Your Head Blues
47 After You've Gone
48 Careless Love Blues
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