Lonnie Donegan - The Grand Coulee Dam [Pye-Nixa single] - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Lonnie Donegan - The Grand Coulee Dam [Pye-Nixa single]




The Grand Coulee Dam [Pye-Nixa single]
Le barrage de Grand Coulee [single Pye-Nixa]
Now the world holds seven wonders
Maintenant, le monde a sept merveilles
That the travellers always tell
Que les voyageurs racontent toujours
Some gardens and some towers,
Quelques jardins et quelques tours,
I guess you know them well
Je suppose que tu les connais bien
But now the greatest wonder
Mais maintenant la plus grande merveille
Is in Uncle Sam's fair land
Est dans le beau pays d'Oncle Sam
It's the big Columbia River
C'est la grande rivière Columbia
And the big Grand Coulee Dam
Et le grand barrage de Grand Coulee
She heads up the Canadian Rockies
Elle prend sa source dans les Rocheuses canadiennes
Where the rippling waters glide
les eaux ondoyantes glissent
Comes a-roaring down the canyon
Elle rugit en descendant le canyon
For to meet that salty tide
Pour rejoindre cette marée salée
Of the big Pacific Ocean
Du grand océan Pacifique
Where the sun sinks in the west
le soleil se couche à l'ouest
In the big Grand Coulee country
Dans le grand pays de Grand Coulee
In the land I love the best
Dans le pays que j'aime le plus
In the misty crystal glitter
Dans la brume cristalline scintillante
Of the wild and windward spray
De la pulvérisation sauvage et ventée
Men have fought the pounding waters
Les hommes ont combattu les eaux déchaînées
And met a watery grave
Et ont rencontré une mort aquatique
Why, she tore their boats to splinters
Eh bien, elle a réduit leurs bateaux en éclats
But she gave men dreams to dream
Mais elle a donné aux hommes des rêves à rêver
Of the day the Coulee Dam
Du jour le barrage de Grand Coulee
Would cross that wild and wasted stream
Traverserait ce cours d'eau sauvage et gaspillé
Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge
Maintenant, Oncle Sam a relevé le défi
In the year of thirty three
En l'an de mille neuf cent trente-trois
For the farmer and the factory
Pour l'agriculteur et l'usine
And all of you and me
Et pour toi et moi
He said, "Roll along Columbia,
Il a dit, "Roule, Columbia,
You can roll down to the sea
Tu peux rouler jusqu'à la mer
But river, while you're rambling
Mais rivière, pendant que tu vagabondes
You can do some work for me."
Tu peux faire un peu de travail pour moi."
In the misty crystal glitter
Dans la brume cristalline scintillante
Of the wild and windward spray
De la pulvérisation sauvage et ventée
Men have fought the pounding waters
Les hommes ont combattu les eaux déchaînées
And met a watery grave
Et ont rencontré une mort aquatique
Why, she tore their boats to splinters
Eh bien, elle a réduit leurs bateaux en éclats
But she gave men dreams to dream
Mais elle a donné aux hommes des rêves à rêver
Of the day the Coulee Dam
Du jour le barrage de Grand Coulee
Would cross that wild and wasted stream
Traverserait ce cours d'eau sauvage et gaspillé
Now from Washington and Oregon
Maintenant, de Washington et de l'Oregon
You can hear the factories hum
Tu peux entendre les usines bourdonner
Making chrome and making manganese
Fabriquant du chrome et du manganèse
And white aluminum
Et de l'aluminium blanc
Now the roar of the Flying Fortress
Maintenant, le rugissement de la forteresse volante
For to fight for Uncle Sam
Pour se battre pour Oncle Sam
On the howling King Columbia
Sur le rugissant roi Columbia
By the big Grand Coulee Dam
Au grand barrage de Grand Coulee
In the misty crystal glitter
Dans la brume cristalline scintillante
Of the wild and windward spray
De la pulvérisation sauvage et ventée
Men have fought the pounding waters
Les hommes ont combattu les eaux déchaînées
And met a watery grave
Et ont rencontré une mort aquatique
Why, she tore their boats to splinters
Eh bien, elle a réduit leurs bateaux en éclats
But she gave men dreams to dream
Mais elle a donné aux hommes des rêves à rêver
Of the day the Coulee Dam
Du jour le barrage de Grand Coulee
Would cross that wild and wasted stream
Traverserait ce cours d'eau sauvage et gaspillé
Now the world holds seven wonders
Maintenant, le monde a sept merveilles
That the travellers always tell
Que les voyageurs racontent toujours
Some gardens and some towers,
Quelques jardins et quelques tours,
Why, I guess you know them well
Eh bien, je suppose que tu les connais bien
But now the greatest wonder
Mais maintenant la plus grande merveille
Is in Uncle Sam's fair land
Est dans le beau pays d'Oncle Sam
It's the big Columbia River
C'est la grande rivière Columbia
And the big Grand Coulee Dam.
Et le grand barrage de Grand Coulee.





Lonnie Donegan - Midnight Special - The Skiffle Years 1953-1957
Album
Midnight Special - The Skiffle Years 1953-1957
date of release
15-07-2008

1 Mule Skinner Blues
2 The Grand Coulee Dam [Pye-Nixa single]
3 Bring A Little Water Sylvie [radio broadcast]
4 Bring A Little Water Sylvie [Nixa single]
5 Nobody's Child [live in Denmark, 4/53]
6 Midnight Special [live in Denmark, 4/53]
7 Hard Time Blues [live in Denmark, 4/53]
8 Precious Memories
9 Old Hannah (Go Down Old Hannah) [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
10 On A Monday [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
11 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O [Nixa single]
12 Rock Island Line [Nixa unissued]
13 I've Got Rocks In My Bed [Nixa, unissued]
14 Brother Moses Smothe The Water [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
15 Frankie And Johnny [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
16 I'm A Ramblin' Man [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
17 I'm Alabammy Bound [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
18 I Shall Not Be Moved [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
19 Nobody's Child [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
20 How Long, How Long Blues [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
21 Wabash Cannonball [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
22 Wreck Of The Old '97 [Nixa Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP]
23 Ella Speed
24 Glory [false start, Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
25 Black Girl [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP, unissued]
26 Hard Travellin' [Pye-Nixa single, unissued]
27 Ham 'N' Eggs [Pye-Nixa single]
28 Jack O'Diamonds [Pye-Nixa single]
29 I'm Just A Rolling Stone [Pye-Nixa single]
30 My Dixie Darling [Pye-Nixa single]
31 Gamblin' Man [Pye-Nixa single]
32 Puttin' On The Style [Pye-Nixa single]
33 Love Is Strange [Pye-Nixa single]
34 Cumberland Gap [Pye-Nixa single]
35 Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O [radio broadcast]
36 Cumberland Gap [radio broadcast]
37 I'm Alabammy Bound
38 Glory [Pye-Nixa Donegan On Stage EP]
39 Dead Or Alive [Nixa single]
40 Nobody Loves Like An Irishman [Pye-Nixa single]
41 Railroad Bill [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
42 Bury My Body [Decca single]
43 Diggin' My Potatoes [Decca single]
44 Leavin' Blues [live in Denmark 10/54]
45 Over In The New Burying Ground [live in Denmark 10/54]
46 Precious Lord, Lead Me On [live in Denmark 10/54]
47 Wabash Cannonball [Decca, unissued]
48 The Passing Stranger [Oriole single]
49 Nobody's Child [Decca, unissued]
50 Rock Island Line [Decca New Orleans Joys LP]
51 Midnight Special [radio broadcast, circa 53/54]
52 John Henry [radio broadcast, circa 53/54]
53 You Don't Know My Mind [live in Denmark, 4/53]
54 John Henry [Decca New Orleans Joys LP]
55 On A Christmas Day [Columbia single]
56 Take My Hand, Precious Lord [Columbia single]
57 When I Move To The Sky [radio broadcast, 4/55]
58 Ol' Riley [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
59 The Ballad Of Jessie James [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]
60 Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad [radio broadcast 1956]
61 Lost John [radio broadcast, 1956]
62 Stewball [Nixa Single]
63 Lost John [Nixa single]
64 Railroad Bill [radio broadcast 1/56]
65 Midnight Special [radio broadcast, 5/55]
66 (In The Evening) When The Sun Goes Down [radio broadcast 5/55]
67 Harmonica Blues [unissued]
68 Worried Man Blues [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
69 New Buryin' Ground [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
70 When The Sun Goes Down [Polygon Backstairs Session EP]
71 Midnight Special [Polygon broadcast, 4/55]
72 On A Monday [radio broadcast, 4/55]
73 Stackalee (Stack O'Lee) [Nixa Skiffle Session EP]

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