Lyrics and translation Johnny Mercer - School Days
Nothing
to
do,
Nellie
Darling
Rien
à
faire,
Nellie
Darling
Nothing
to
do
you
say
Rien
à
faire,
dis-tu
?
Let's
take
a
trip
on
memory's
ship
Faisons
un
voyage
sur
le
navire
de
la
mémoire
Back
to
the
bygone
days
Retournons
aux
jours
d'antan
Sail
to
the
old
village
school
house
Navigue
jusqu'à
la
vieille
école
du
village
Anchor
outside
the
school
door
Ancre
devant
la
porte
de
l'école
Look
in
and
see,
there's
you
and
there's
me
Regarde
et
tu
verras,
il
y
a
toi
et
il
y
a
moi
A
couple
of
kids
once
more
Encore
une
fois,
deux
gamins
School
days,
school
days
Jours
d'école,
jours
d'école
Dear
old
golden
rule
days
Chers
vieux
jours
de
la
règle
d'or
Readin'
and
'ritin'
and
'rithmetic
La
lecture,
l'écriture
et
l'arithmétique
Taught
to
the
tune
of
the
hickory
stick
Enseigné
au
rythme
du
bâton
de
hickory
You
were
my
queen
in
calico
Tu
étais
ma
reine
en
calicot
I
was
your
bashful
barefoot
beau
J'étais
ton
timide
amoureux
aux
pieds
nus
And
you
wrote
on
my
slate,
"I
love
you,
Joe"
Et
tu
as
écrit
sur
mon
ardoise
: "Je
t'aime,
Joe"
When
we
were
a
couple
of
kids
Quand
on
était
deux
gamins
'Member
the
hill,
Nellie
Darling
Tu
te
souviens
de
la
colline,
Nellie
Darling
And
the
oak
tree
that
grew
on
its
brow
Et
du
chêne
qui
poussait
sur
son
sommet
?
They've
built
forty
storeys
upon
that
old
hill
Ils
ont
construit
quarante
étages
sur
cette
vieille
colline
And
the
oak's
an
old
chestnut
now
Et
le
chêne
est
devenu
une
vieille
châtaigne
maintenant
'Member
the
meadows
so
green,
dear
Tu
te
souviens
des
prairies
si
vertes,
ma
chère
?
So
fragrant
with
clover
and
maize
Si
parfumées
avec
du
trèfle
et
du
maïs
?
Into
new
city
lots
and
preferred
bus'ness
plots
Ils
les
ont
découpées
en
nouveaux
terrains
de
ville
et
en
terrains
commerciaux
préférés
They've
cut
them
up
since
those
days
Ils
les
ont
découpées
depuis
ces
jours-là
School
days,
school
days
Jours
d'école,
jours
d'école
Dear
old
golden
rule
days
Chers
vieux
jours
de
la
règle
d'or
Readin'
and
'ritin'
and
'rithmetic
La
lecture,
l'écriture
et
l'arithmétique
Taught
to
the
tune
of
the
hickory
stick
Enseigné
au
rythme
du
bâton
de
hickory
You
were
my
queen
in
calico
Tu
étais
ma
reine
en
calicot
I
was
your
bashful
barefoot
beau
J'étais
ton
timide
amoureux
aux
pieds
nus
And
you
wrote
on
my
slate,
"I
love
you,
Joe"
Et
tu
as
écrit
sur
mon
ardoise
: "Je
t'aime,
Joe"
When
we
were
a
couple
of
kids
Quand
on
était
deux
gamins
Rate the translation
1
The Hills of California
2 When the Bloom Is on the Sage
3 School Days
4 Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah
5 Limehouse Blues
6 The Peanut Vendor
7 I've Been Hit
8 Never Make Eyes (At the Gal With the Guys Who Are Bigger Than You)
9 That's the Way He Does It
10 The Freedom Train
11 Why Should I Cry Over You
12 Don't Take Your Meanness Out on Me
13 Country Boy Blues
14 Box Car Blues
15 Cecilia
16 Tallahassee
17 Would Ya?
18 It Takes Time
19 Tuscaloosa Bus
20 Sweet Georgia Brown
21 Minding My Business
22 Baby I'm True to You
23 Indiana
24 Sunbonnet Sue
25 The Object of My Affection
26 Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
27 He Should'a Flip'd When He Flop'd
28 By the River St. Marie
29 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
30 Camptown Races
31 It Ain't Necessarily So
32 The Tailgate Ramble
33 Possum Song
2 When the Bloom Is on the Sage
3 School Days
4 Someone's in the Kitchen With Dinah
5 Limehouse Blues
6 The Peanut Vendor
7 I've Been Hit
8 Never Make Eyes (At the Gal With the Guys Who Are Bigger Than You)
9 That's the Way He Does It
10 The Freedom Train
11 Why Should I Cry Over You
12 Don't Take Your Meanness Out on Me
13 Country Boy Blues
14 Box Car Blues
15 Cecilia
16 Tallahassee
17 Would Ya?
18 It Takes Time
19 Tuscaloosa Bus
20 Sweet Georgia Brown
21 Minding My Business
22 Baby I'm True to You
23 Indiana
24 Sunbonnet Sue
25 The Object of My Affection
26 Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
27 He Should'a Flip'd When He Flop'd
28 By the River St. Marie
29 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
30 Camptown Races
31 It Ain't Necessarily So
32 The Tailgate Ramble
33 Possum Song
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