Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985 - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985




There Is Power in a Union - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985
Il y a du pouvoir dans un syndicat - Session John Peel, 20 août 1985
There is power in a factory, power in the land
Il y a du pouvoir dans une usine, du pouvoir dans la terre
Power in the hand of the worker
Du pouvoir dans la main de l'ouvrier
But it all amounts to nothing
Mais tout cela ne sert à rien
If together we don't stand
Si nous ne nous tenons pas ensemble
There is power in a Union
Il y a du pouvoir dans un syndicat
Now the lessons of the past
Maintenant, les leçons du passé
Were all learned with workers' blood
Ont toutes été apprises avec le sang des travailleurs
The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for
Les erreurs des patrons, nous devons les payer
From the cities and the farmlands
Des villes et des terres agricoles
To trenches full of blood
Aux tranchées pleines de sang
War's always been the bosses' way, sir
La guerre a toujours été la façon des patrons, mon cher
The Union forever defending our rights
Le syndicat défend toujours nos droits
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
A bas les briseurs de grève, tous les travailleurs s'unissent
With our brothers and our sisters
Avec nos frères et nos sœurs
From many far off lands
De nombreux pays lointains
There is power in a Union
Il y a du pouvoir dans un syndicat
Now I long for the morning that they realize
Maintenant, j'aspire au matin ils réaliseront
Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us
Que la brutalité et les lois injustes ne peuvent pas nous vaincre
But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise
Mais qui défendra les travailleurs qui ne peuvent pas s'organiser
When the bosses send their lackeys out to cheat us?
Lorsque les patrons envoient leurs laquais pour nous tromper ?
Money speaks for money
L'argent parle pour l'argent
The Devil for his own
Le Diable pour le sien
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?
Qui vient parler pour la peau et l'os ?
What a comfort to the widow
Quelle consolation pour la veuve
A light to the child
Une lumière pour l'enfant
There is power in a Union
Il y a du pouvoir dans un syndicat
With our brothers and our sisters
Avec nos frères et nos sœurs
Together we will stand
Ensemble, nous nous tiendrons debout
There is power in a Union
Il y a du pouvoir dans un syndicat





Writer(s): Bragg Stephen William

Billy Bragg - Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983 - 2019
Album
Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983 - 2019
date of release
20-09-2019

1 There Is Power in a Union - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985
2 Why We Build the Wall - Tom Robinson Live Buxton Opera House, 21st January 2017
3 A New England - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983
4 Tank Park Salute - John Peel Session, 12th May 1991
5 Brickbat - John Peel Session, 13th October 1995
6 This Gulf Between Us - John Peel Session, 13th October 1995
7 Goal Hanger - John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997
8 The Boy Done Good - John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997
9 From Red to Blue - John Peel Divas Bar Live, 1st May 1997
10 The Busy Girl Buys Beauty - Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999
11 Accident Waiting to Happen - John Peel Session, 12th May 1991
12 It Says Here - Janice Long Paris Theatre London Live, October 1999
13 Goodbye, Goodbye - Phill Jupitus Live, 30th March 2007
14 Way over Yonder in the Minor Key - Bob Harris Live, 6th May 2012
15 No-One Knows Nothing Anymore - Latitude Festival Live, 18th July 2014
16 Levi Stubbs' Tears - Glastonbury Live, 26th June 2015
17 I Ain't Got No Home - Radio 2 Folk Awards Live, 5th April 2017
18 The Space Race Is Over - Tom Robinson Now Playing 'Billy Bragg Takeover', 14th July 2019
19 Lonesome Traveller - John Peel Session, 8th December 2004
20 St. Swithin's Day - Tom Robinson Now Playing 'Billy Bragg Takeover', 14th July 2019
21 The Few - John Peel Session, 12th May 1991
22 The Short Answer - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
23 Fear Is a Man's Best Friend - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983
24 Love Gets Dangerous - John Peel Session, 27th July 1983
25 Like Soldiers Do - David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983
26 The Man in the Iron Mask - David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983
27 The Saturday Boy - David Jensen Session, 22nd December 1983
28 A Lover Sings - John Peel Session, 18th September 1984
29 Between the Wars - John Peel Session, 18th September 1984
30 Rotting on Remand - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
31 A13, Trunk Road to the Sea - Saturday Live, 13th October 1984
32 Days Like These - John Peel Session, 20th August 1985
33 Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance - Janice Long Session, 18th December 1985
34 Greetings to the New Brunette - John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986
35 Ideology - John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986
36 The Warmest Room - John Peel Session, 2nd September 1986
37 She's Got a New Spell - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988
38 Valentine's Day Is Over - John Peel Session, 30th August 1988

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