Maurice Chevalier - Prosper - Remastered 2017 - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Maurice Chevalier - Prosper - Remastered 2017




Prosper - Remastered 2017
Prosper - Remastered 2017
Quand on voit passer le grand Prosper
When you see the great Prosper go
Sur la place Pigalle
At the Place Pigalle
Avec son beau petit chapeau vert et sa martingale,
With his lovely little green hat and his martingale,
A son air malabar et sa démarche en canard
With his Indian air and his duck-like gait
Faut pas être bachelier pour deviner son métier
You don't have to be a genius to guess his profession
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boum
C′est le chéri de ces dames
He's the darling of women
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boum
C'est le roi du macadam
He's the king of the asphalt
Comme il a toujours la flemme
Because he always has laziness
Y n′fait jamais rien lui-même
He never does anything himself
Il a son "Harem"
He has his "Harem"
Qui de Clichy à Barbés
Who from Clichy to Barbés
Le jour et la nuit sans cesse
Day and night without respite
Fait son petit business
Does their little business
Et le soir, tous les soirs
And in the evening, every evening
Dans un coin d'ombre propice
In a propitious corner of the shade
Faut le voir, faut bien l'voir
You have to see him, you have to see him well
Encaisser les bénéfices
Cashing the profits
Il ramasse les billets
He picks up the money
Et leur laisse la monnaie
And gives them the change
Ah quel sacrifice
Ah what a sacrifice
En somme c′est leur manager
In short, he is their manager
Et yop la boum, Prosper!
And yop la boum, Prosper!
Avec sa belle gueule d′affranchi
With his handsome emancipated face
Là-haut sur la butte
Up there on the hill
Ah! toutes les gonzesses sont folles de lui
Ah! all the girls are crazy about him
Et se le disputent
And they fight over him
Y en a qui s'flanquent des gnons
Some of them even give each other blows
Mais oui! et se crêpent le chignon
But yes! and tear each other's hair
Pendant c′temps voyez-vous
Meanwhile, you see
Tranquillement il compte les coups
He calmly counts the blows
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boum
C'est le chéri de ces dames
He's the darling of women
Prosper yop la boum
Prosper yop la boum
C′est le roi du macadam
He's the king of the asphalt
Quand une femme se fait coincer
When a woman gets caught
Par les roussins du quartier
By the cops of the neighborhood
Il la laisse tomber
He lets her down
Et il s'en va carrément
And he goes away completely
Vers son réassortiment
Towards his resupply
Dans l′arrondissement
In the district
Et quand sur le champ
And when on the spot
Elles ne sont pas à la page
They are not up to date
Voulant faire comment
Wanting to do how
Faire leur apprentissage
To do their apprenticeship
Dans une ville de garnison
In a garrison town
Il les envoie en saison
He sends them to the season
Faire un petit stage
To do a little internship
Il a de la classe et du flair
He has class and flair
Et yop la boum, Prosper
And yop la boum, Prosper
Et yop la boum...
And yop la boum...
Yop la boum...
Yop la boum...
Dans une ville de garnison
In a garrison town
Il les envoie en saison
He sends them to the season
Faire un petit stage
To do a little internship
Il a de la classe et du flair
He has class and flair
Et yop la boum, Prosper
And yop la boum, Prosper





Writer(s): G. Rogers, V. Telly, V. Scott


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