Johnny Cash - The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968 - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Johnny Cash - The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968




The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
La Légende du Marteau de John Henry - En concert à la prison d'État de Folsom, Folsom, CA (1er concert) - Janvier 1968
John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
Le papa de John Henry l'a réveillé un minuit
He said before the sheriff comes I wanna tell you
Il a dit avant que le shérif ne vienne, je veux te dire
Said, "Listen, boy"
Il a dit, "Écoute, mon garçon"
"Learn to hoist a jack and learn to lay a track"
"Apprends à hisser un cric et apprends à poser une voie ferrée"
"Learn to pick and shovel too"
"Apprends à piocher et à pelleter aussi"
"And take that hammer"
"Et prends ce marteau"
"It'll do anything you tell it to"
"Il fera tout ce que tu lui diras de faire"
John Henry's mammy had about a dozen babies
La maman de John Henry avait environ une douzaine de bébés
John Henry's pappy broke jail a dozen times
Le papa de John Henry s'est évadé de prison une douzaine de fois
The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money
Les bébés sont tous tombés malades et quand le docteur a voulu de l'argent
He said, "I'll pay you quarter at a time, startin' tomorow"
Il a dit, "Je te paierai 25 cents à la fois, à partir de demain"
That's the pay for a steel driver on this line
C'est le salaire d'un poseur de rails sur cette ligne
Then the section foreman said, "Hey, hammer swinger"
Puis le contremaître de la section a dit, "Hé, le gars au marteau"
Said, "I see you brought your own hammer, boy, but what else can all them muscles do?"
Il a dit, "Je vois que tu as apporté ton propre marteau, mon garçon, mais que peuvent faire tous ces muscles d'autre ?"
And he said, "I can hoist a jack and I can lay a track, I can pick and shovel too"
Et il a dit, "Je peux hisser un cric et je peux poser une voie ferrée, je peux piocher et pelleter aussi"
He said, "Can you swing that hammer?"
Il a dit, "Tu peux manier ce marteau ?"
And he said, "Do anything you hire me to"
Et il a dit, "Je peux faire tout ce pour quoi tu m'engages"
He said, "Now ain't you something?"
Il a dit, "Eh bien, tu n'es pas rien ?"
"You so high and mighty with all them muscles"
"Tu es si arrogant avec tous ces muscles"
"Go ahead, boy, pick up that hammer and show me what you can do"
"Vas-y, mon garçon, prends ce marteau et montre-moi ce que tu sais faire"
He said, "Get a rusty spike and swing that hammer down three times
Il a dit, "Prends un clou rouillé et frappe ce marteau trois fois"
"Pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to"
"Je te paierai 5 cents par jour pour chaque pouce que tu l'enfonces"
"Go on and do what you say you can do"
"Vas-y et fais ce que tu dis pouvoir faire"
With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch handle
Avec un marteau à nez pointu sur un manche de quatre pieds
John Henry raised it back 'til it touched his heels
John Henry l'a soulevé jusqu'à ce qu'il touche ses talons
The spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two
Le clou a traversé la traverse et l'a fendue en deux
35 cents a day for drivin' steel
35 cents par jour pour poser des rails
Said, "Sweat, boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings"
Il a dit, "Sue, mon garçon, sue, tu me dois encore deux coups"
Said, "I was born for drivin' steel"
Il a dit, "Je suis pour poser des rails"
Well now, John Henry hammered in the mountains
Eh bien, John Henry a martelé dans les montagnes
He'd give a grunt and he'd give a groan with every swing
Il poussait un grognement et un gémissement à chaque coup
The women folks for miles around, heard him and come down
Les femmes à des kilomètres à la ronde l'entendaient et descendaient
Said, "Watch him make the cold steel ring, Lord, what a swinger"
Elles disaient, "Regardez-le faire sonner l'acier froid, Seigneur, quel cogneur"
"Watch him make the cold steel ring"
"Regardez-le faire sonner l'acier froid"
Then the bad boss come up laughing at John Henry
Puis le méchant patron est arrivé en riant de John Henry
He said, "You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through"
Il a dit, "Tu es plein de vinaigre maintenant, mais tu es sur le point de finir"
"We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin'"
"On va avoir une foreuse à vapeur pour faire ta part du travail"
"Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry?"
"Alors, que vont faire tous ces muscles ? Hein, John Henry ?"
"Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you"
"On va te faire perdre un peu de ton vinaigre"
John Henry said, "I feed four little brothers"
John Henry a dit, "Je nourris quatre petits frères"
"And my baby sister's walkin' on her knees"
"Et ma petite sœur marche à quatre pattes"
"Now did the Lord say that machines oughta take the place of the living?"
"Le Seigneur a-t-il dit que les machines devaient prendre la place des vivants ?"
"Then what's a subsitute for bread and beans? I ain't seen it"
"Alors, qu'est-ce qui remplace le pain et les haricots ? Je ne l'ai pas encore vu"
"Do engines get rewarded for their steam?"
"Est-ce que les moteurs sont récompensés pour leur vapeur ?"
The John Henry said to his captain
John Henry a dit à son contremaître
Said, "A man ain't nothin' but a man"
Il a dit, "Un homme n'est rien d'autre qu'un homme"
"But you can bring that steam drill 'round and I'll beat it fair and honest"
"Mais tu peux amener cette foreuse à vapeur et je la battrai à la loyale"
"I'll die with that hammer in my hand, but I'll be laughing"
"Je mourrai avec ce marteau à la main, mais je mourrai en riant"
"'Cause you can't replace a steel drivin' man"
"Parce qu'on ne peut pas remplacer un homme qui pose des rails"
There was a big crowd of people at the mountain
Il y avait une grande foule de gens à la montagne
John Henry said to the steam drill, "How is you?"
John Henry a dit à la foreuse à vapeur, "Comment allez-vous ?"
Said, "Pardon me, Mr. Steam Drill, I suppose you didn't hear me, I said, how are you, huh?"
Il a dit, "Pardonnez-moi, Madame la Foreuse à Vapeur, je suppose que vous ne m'avez pas entendu, j'ai dit, comment allez-vous, hein ?"
"Can you hoist a jack? Can you lay a track? Can you pick and shovel too, huh?"
"Pouvez-vous hisser un cric ? Pouvez-vous poser une voie ferrée ? Pouvez-vous piocher et pelleter aussi, hein ?"
"Listen, this hammer swingers talkin' to you"
"Écoutez, c'est le gars au marteau qui vous parle"
2000 people hollered go John Henry
2000 personnes ont crié "Allez John Henry"
Then somebody hollered, "The mountain's caving in"
Puis quelqu'un a crié, "La montagne s'effondre"
John Henry told his captain, "Tell the kind folks don't worry"
John Henry a dit à son contremaître, "Dis aux braves gens de ne pas s'inquiéter"
"That ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, it keeps me breathing"
"Ce n'est rien d'autre que mon marteau qui aspire le vent, ça me permet de respirer"
"The steel driver's muscle ain't dead"
"Le muscle du poseur de rails n'est pas mort"
"Captain, tell the people move back further"
"Contremaître, dis aux gens de reculer encore plus loin"
"I'm at the finish line and ain't no drill"
"Je suis sur la ligne d'arrivée et il n'y a pas de foreuse"
"It's so far behind, but yet ain't got the brains to quit it"
"Elle est si loin derrière, mais elle n'a pas l'intelligence d'abandonner"
"When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills", Lord lordy
"Quand elle explosera, elle se dispersera dans les collines", Seigneur Dieu
"When she blows up she'll scatter 'cross the hills"
"Quand elle explosera, elle se dispersera dans les collines"
Now John Henry had a little woman
John Henry avait une petite femme
I believe the lady's name was Polly Ann
Je crois que la dame s'appelait Polly Ann
Yeah, that was his good woman
Oui, c'était sa bonne femme
John Henry threw his hammer over his shoulder and he went on home
John Henry a jeté son marteau sur son épaule et il est rentré chez lui
Early next morning, he said
Tôt le lendemain matin, il a dit
"Come here, Polly Ann"
"Viens ici, Polly Ann"
"Come here, sugar"
"Viens ici, mon sucre"
Said, "You know, I've been layin' here watching that sun come up"
Il a dit, "Tu sais, je suis resté allongé à regarder le soleil se lever"
"And I believe this is the first time I've seen the sun come up that I couldn't come up with it"
"Et je crois que c'est la première fois que je vois le soleil se lever sans pouvoir me lever avec lui"
He said..., Lord of mine
Il a dit..., Seigneur
He said, "Take that hammer, Polly Ann, go to that rail road"
Il a dit, "Prends ce marteau, Polly Ann, va à ce chemin de fer"
"And when you're swingin' with the lead men, you tell them that ain't all I can do, tell 'em"
"Et quand tu manieras le marteau avec les hommes de tête, dis-leur que ce n'est pas tout ce que je peux faire, dis-le-leur"
"I could hoist a jack, and I could lay a track"
"Je pouvais hisser un cric, et je pouvais poser une voie ferrée"
"I could pick and shovel too, ain't no machine can"
"Je pouvais piocher et pelleter aussi, aucune machine ne le peut"
"That's been proved to you"
"Cela vous a été prouvé"
There was a big crowd of mourners at the church house
Il y avait une grande foule de personnes en deuil à l'église
The section hands laid him in the sand
Les ouvriers de la section l'ont déposé dans le sable
Trains go by on the rails John Henry laid
Les trains passent sur les rails que John Henry a posés
They slow down and take off their hats when they come to where he's laying, resting his back
Ils ralentissent et enlèvent leurs chapeaux lorsqu'ils arrivent à l'endroit il repose, le dos au repos
They say, "Mornin', steel driver, you sure was a hammer swinger"
Ils disent, "Bonjour, poseur de rails, tu étais vraiment un cogneur de marteau"
Then they go on by, pickin' up a little speed
Puis ils continuent leur chemin, accélérant un peu
Clickety-clack
Clickety-clack
Yeah, yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
Oui, là-bas repose un poseur de rails, Seigneur, Seigneur
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
Là-bas repose un poseur de rails
Yeah, yonder lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
Oui, là-bas repose un poseur de rails, Seigneur, Seigneur
Yonder lies a steel drivin' man
Là-bas repose un poseur de rails
Oh, yonder lies a steel drivin'
Oh, là-bas repose un poseur de rails
Thank you very much
Merci beaucoup
You know, John Henry was a real man
Vous savez, John Henry était un homme réel
He worked on a tunnel up in West Virginia buildin' a tunnel for the C and O Railroad
Il a travaillé sur un tunnel en Virginie-Occidentale, construisant un tunnel pour le chemin de fer C et O
And he was a mighty big man, they say that from his heels all around to the ground he had a stroke of 19 feet
Et c'était un homme très grand, on dit que de ses talons jusqu'au sol, il avait une enjambée de 19 pieds
Boy, that's a long stroke, you know
Mon garçon, c'est une longue enjambée, vous savez
Whoo, that's a long stroke
Whoo, c'est une longue enjambée
Hidey ho, make you wanna holler hidey ho
Hidey ho, ça donne envie de crier hidey ho
Alright, here's a song that
Bon, voici une chanson qui
(You're just mean)
(Tu es juste méchant)
I'm not mean
Je ne suis pas méchant
(Yes you are mean)
(Si, tu es méchant)





Writer(s): Johnny Cash, June Carter

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
Album
At Folsom Prison (Legacy Edition)
date of release
02-05-1968

1 Opening Announcements from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
2 You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith, Too - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
3 Announcements and Johnny Cash Intro from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
4 Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
5 Busted - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
6 Dark as a Dungeon - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
7 Cocaine Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
8 25 Minutes to Go - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
9 Orange Blossom Special - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
10 The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
11 Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
12 Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
13 Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
14 Jackson (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968)
15 Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
16 I Got Stripes - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
17 Green, Green Grass of Home - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
18 Greystone Chapel (Reprise) - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
19 Hugh Cherry Introduces Johnny's Father and Closing Announcements - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
20 Send a Picture of Mother - Folsom Rehearsal
21 Give My Love to Rose - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
22 Opening Announcements from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968
23 Closing Theme and Announcements - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
24 Announcements and Johnny Cash Intro from Hugh Cherry - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
25 Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
26 Busted - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
27 Dark as a Dungeon - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
28 I Still Miss Someone - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
29 Cocaine Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
30 25 Minutes to Go - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
31 I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
32 Orange Blossom Special - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
33 The Long Black Veil - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
34 Send a Picture of Mother - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
35 The Wall - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
36 Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
37 Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
38 Joe Bean - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
39 Jackson (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
40 I Got a Woman (with June Carter Cash) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968)
41 The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
42 June's Poem - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
43 Green, Green Grass of Home - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
44 Greystone Chapel - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968
45 I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Folsom Rehearsal

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