Lyrics and translation Harry Belafonte - Muleskinner

Muleskinner

Muletier

Good mornin′ Captain, Good mornin' sun

Bonjour capitaine, Bonjour le soleil

Oh well it′s good mornin' captain, Good mornin' sun

Oh eh bien, c'est bonjour capitaine, bonjour le soleil

Don′t you need another Mule skinner out on your new mule run

N'auriez-vous pas besoin d'un autre muletier pour votre nouvelle route de mulets

I like to work, I′m rollin' all the time

J'aime travailler, je roule tout le temps

Oh well now I like to work, rollin′ all the time

Oh eh bien, j'aime travailler, je roule tout le temps

I can carve my initials on any old mule's behind

Je peux graver mes initiales sur le derrière de n'importe quel vieux mulet

Hey there little water boy

Hé, petit porteur d'eau

Bring your bucket Âround

Apporte ton seau

Oh well, It′s hey there little water boy

Oh eh bien, c'est hé, petit porteur d'eau

Bring your bucket Âround

Apporte ton seau

If you don't like your job

Si tu n'aimes pas ton travail

Better lay that bucket down

Mieux vaut poser ce seau

Workin′ on the new road

Je travaille sur la nouvelle route

Got a dollar and a dime a day

J'ai un dollar et un sou par jour

Oh well, I'm workin' on the new road

Oh eh bien, je travaille sur la nouvelle route

Dollar and a dime a day

Un dollar et un sou par jour

I got sixteen women

J'ai seize femmes

Waitin′ for to get my pay

Qui attendent de toucher mon salaire

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Writer(s): Belafonte

Album

Greatest Hits

date of release

21-07-2000

1 Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma
2 If I Were A Carpenter
3 Angelina
4 Jump in the Line
5 Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
6 Jamaica Farewell
7 Try to Remember
8 Michael Row the Boat Ashore
9 Mary's Boy Child
10 I Do Adore Her
11 Shenandoah
12 Oh, Freedom
13 I'm Just a Country Boy
14 Shenandoah
15 Don't Ever Love Me
16 Cotton Fields
17 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down) [From "Bright Road"]
18 Jump Down Spin Around
19 Mama Look A Boo Boo
20 Cocoanut Woman
21 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
22 A-Roving
23 Scarborough Fair (Canticle)
24 In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
25 Come Back Liza
26 Delia's Gone
27 God Bless the Child
28 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
29 Hold 'Em Joe
30 Muleskinner
31 Once Was
32 Danny Boy
33 When the Saints Go Marching In
34 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
35 Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
36 Angelique-O
37 On Top of Old Smokey
38 Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)
39 Venezuela
40 Sylvie
41 Unchained Melody
42 Island in the Sun
43 Land of the Sea and Sun
44 Midnight Special
45 This Land Is Your Land
46 By the Time I Get to Phoenix
47 A Day In the Life of a Fool
48 Mr. Bojangles
49 Abraham, Martin And John
50 Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)
51 Fare Thee Well
52 Man Piaba
53 John Henry
54 Island In the Sun (from "Island In the Sun")
55 One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
56 Chimiley Smoke

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