Chumbawamba - Hammer Stirrup & Anvil - translation of the lyrics into French
Chumbawamba Hammer Stirrup & Anvil

Chumbawamba - Hammer Stirrup & Anvil

Lyrics and translation Chumbawamba - Hammer Stirrup & Anvil




Hammer Stirrup & Anvil
Marteau, étrier & enclume
Our Glorious Leader
Notre Glorieux Leader
Declares by decree:
Déclare par décret :
'The music of the Glorious State from this time on will be
« La musique de l’État Glorieux, à partir de maintenant, sera
Square-jawed and dreary
Carrée et triste
For the good of us all.'
Pour le bien de tous ».
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Marteau, étrier et enclume sous le contrôle de l’État
My name is Dimitri
Je m’appelle Dimitri
Man of some renown
Homme de renom
In this symphony of spies I keep my ear to the ground
Dans cette symphonie d’espions, je garde l’oreille au sol
Stave, crochet and quaver
Note, crochet et croche
Under the editor's scrawl
Sous le gribouillage de l’éditeur
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Marteau, étrier et enclume sous le contrôle de l’État
An operetta for our leader
Une opérette pour notre leader
A quartet for the drawer
Un quatuor pour le tiroir
He gets the rank cantatas
Il obtient les cantates de rang
And I keep the score
Et je garde la partition
A libretto for the death camps
Un livret pour les camps de la mort
Some day you'll hear them all
Un jour, vous les entendrez tous
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Marteau, étrier et enclume sous le contrôle de l’État
Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control
Marteau, étrier et enclume sous le contrôle de l’État




Writer(s): Neil Ferguson, Allan Whalley, Louise Watts, Judith Abbott
Chumbawamba - ABCDEFG
Album
ABCDEFG
date of release
28-02-2010

1 Introduction
2 New York Song
3 Ratatatay
4 Missed
5 The Song Collector
6 You Don't Exist
7 Singing Out The Days
8 That Same So-So Tune
9 Puccini Said
10 Hammer Stirrup & Anvil
11 The Devil's Interval
12 Underground
13 Wagner At The Opera
14 Pickle
15 Voices, That's All
16 Dance, Idiot, Dance
17 Torturing James Hetfield
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