Lyrics and translation Harry Belafonte - Times Are Gettin' Hard
Times
are
getting'
hard
boys
Les
temps
sont
durs,
mon
amour
Money's
getting'
scarce
L'argent
se
fait
rare
If
times
don't
get
no
better
boys
Si
les
choses
ne
s'améliorent
pas,
mon
amour
Gonna
leave
this
place
Je
vais
quitter
cet
endroit
Take
my
true
love
by
the
hand
Je
prendrai
ta
main,
mon
amour
Lead
her
from
the
town
Je
t'emmènerai
loin
de
la
ville
Say
goodbye
to
ev'ryone
Je
dirai
au
revoir
à
tout
le
monde
Goodbye
to
ev'ryone
Au
revoir
à
tout
le
monde
Take
my
bible
from
the
bed
Je
prendrai
ma
bible
sur
le
lit
Shotgun
from
the
wall
Mon
fusil
sur
le
mur
Take
old
Sal
and
hitch
her
up
Je
prendrai
vieille
Sal
et
je
l'attelerai
The
wagon
for
to
haul
Le
chariot
pour
le
transport
Pile
the
chairs
and
beds
on
high
Je
vais
empiler
les
chaises
et
les
lits
en
hauteur
Let
nothing
touch
the
ground
Que
rien
ne
touche
le
sol
Sal
can
pull
and
we
can
push
Sal
peut
tirer
et
nous
pouvons
pousser
We're
bound
to
leave
this
town
Nous
sommes
obligés
de
quitter
cette
ville
Made
a
crop
a
year
ago
J'ai
fait
une
récolte
il
y
a
un
an
It
withered
to
the
ground
Elle
a
séché
jusqu'au
sol
Tried
to
get
some
credit
J'ai
essayé
d'obtenir
du
crédit
But
the
man
he
turned
me
down
Mais
l'homme
m'a
refusé
Goin'
to
California
Je
vais
en
Californie
Where
everything
is
green
Où
tout
est
vert
Gonna
have
the
best
old
farm
Je
vais
avoir
la
meilleure
ferme
That
you
have
ever
seen.
Que
tu
aies
jamais
vue.
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1
Jump in the Line
2 Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
3 Jamaica Farewell
4 Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma
5 Matilda
6 Brown Skin Girl
7 Mary's Boy Child
8 I Do Adore Her
9 These Are the Times
10 Oh, Freedom
11 Don't Ever Love Me
12 Cotton Fields
13 My Lord What a Mornin'
14 Scratch Scratch
15 Jump Down Spin Around
16 Merci Bon Dieu
17 Walkin' On the Green Grass
18 Hallelujah I Love Her So
19 Goin' Down Jordan
20 Cocoanut Woman
21 Water Boy
22 Times Are Gettin' Hard
23 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
24 Tol' My Captain
25 The Jack-Ass Song
26 Come Back Liza
27 In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
28 Lucy's Door
29 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
30 Hold 'Em Joe
31 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
32 God Bless the Child
33 Lead Man Holler
34 Mama Look A Bubu
35 Will His Love Be Like His Rum?
36 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
37 Hava Nageela
38 Fifteen
39 A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
40 Island in the Sun
41 Angelique-O
42 The Baby Boy
43 Oh, I Got Plenty of Nothin'
44 Judy Drownded
45 Acorn In the Meadow
46 Sweetheart From Venezuela
47 Once Was
48 Mark Twain
49 Green Grow the Lilacs
50 Go Down Emanuel Road
51 Swing Low
52 Ezekiel
53 Take My Mother Home
54 Soldier, Soldier
55 A Fool for You
56 The Gifts They Gave
57 John Henry
58 I Never Will Marry
59 Kingston Market
60 Monkey
61 Shenandoah
62 Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)
63 Venezuela
64 When the Saints Go Marching In
65 Man Piaba
66 Delia
67 Gloria
68 Hosanna
69 Danny Boy
70 Unchained Melody
71 Land of the Sea and Sun
72 Street Calls: Strawberry Woman, The Honey Man, Crab Man
73 Come O My Love
74 Mary, Mary
75 I’m Just q Country Boy
2 Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
3 Jamaica Farewell
4 Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma
5 Matilda
6 Brown Skin Girl
7 Mary's Boy Child
8 I Do Adore Her
9 These Are the Times
10 Oh, Freedom
11 Don't Ever Love Me
12 Cotton Fields
13 My Lord What a Mornin'
14 Scratch Scratch
15 Jump Down Spin Around
16 Merci Bon Dieu
17 Walkin' On the Green Grass
18 Hallelujah I Love Her So
19 Goin' Down Jordan
20 Cocoanut Woman
21 Water Boy
22 Times Are Gettin' Hard
23 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
24 Tol' My Captain
25 The Jack-Ass Song
26 Come Back Liza
27 In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
28 Lucy's Door
29 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
30 Hold 'Em Joe
31 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
32 God Bless the Child
33 Lead Man Holler
34 Mama Look A Bubu
35 Will His Love Be Like His Rum?
36 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
37 Hava Nageela
38 Fifteen
39 A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
40 Island in the Sun
41 Angelique-O
42 The Baby Boy
43 Oh, I Got Plenty of Nothin'
44 Judy Drownded
45 Acorn In the Meadow
46 Sweetheart From Venezuela
47 Once Was
48 Mark Twain
49 Green Grow the Lilacs
50 Go Down Emanuel Road
51 Swing Low
52 Ezekiel
53 Take My Mother Home
54 Soldier, Soldier
55 A Fool for You
56 The Gifts They Gave
57 John Henry
58 I Never Will Marry
59 Kingston Market
60 Monkey
61 Shenandoah
62 Jerry (This Timber Got to Roll)
63 Venezuela
64 When the Saints Go Marching In
65 Man Piaba
66 Delia
67 Gloria
68 Hosanna
69 Danny Boy
70 Unchained Melody
71 Land of the Sea and Sun
72 Street Calls: Strawberry Woman, The Honey Man, Crab Man
73 Come O My Love
74 Mary, Mary
75 I’m Just q Country Boy
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