Lyrics and translation Merle Haggard & The Strangers - In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
We
got
up
before
sunup
to
get
the
work
done
up
On
se
levait
avant
le
lever
du
soleil
pour
finir
le
travail
We'd
work
in
the
fields
till
the
sun
had
gone
down
On
travaillait
dans
les
champs
jusqu'à
ce
que
le
soleil
se
couche
We've
stood
and
we've
cried
as
we
helplessly
watched
On
s'est
tenus
et
on
a
pleuré
en
regardant
impuissants
A
hailstorm
a
beating
our
crops
to
the
ground
Une
grêle
qui
frappait
nos
récoltes
jusqu'au
sol
And
I've
gone
to
bed
hungry
many
nights
as
a
lad
Et
je
suis
allé
me
coucher
le
ventre
vide
de
nombreuses
nuits
quand
j'étais
jeune
In
the
good
old
days
when
times
were
bad
Au
bon
vieux
temps,
quand
les
temps
étaient
mauvais
I've
seen
Daddy's
hands
break
open
and
bleed
J'ai
vu
les
mains
de
papa
s'ouvrir
et
saigner
And
I've
seen
him
work
till
he's
stiff
as
a
board
Et
je
l'ai
vu
travailler
jusqu'à
ce
qu'il
soit
raide
comme
un
piquet
I've
seen
Mama
lay
and
suffer
in
sickness
J'ai
vu
maman
se
coucher
et
souffrir
de
maladie
In
need
of
a
doctor
we
couldn't
afford
Ayant
besoin
d'un
médecin
que
nous
ne
pouvions
pas
nous
permettre
Anything
at
all
was
more
than
we
had
Tout
ce
que
nous
avions
était
plus
que
ce
que
nous
avions
In
the
good
old
days
when
times
were
bad
Au
bon
vieux
temps,
quand
les
temps
étaient
mauvais
No
amount
of
money
could
buy
from
me
Aucun
argent
ne
pourrait
m'acheter
The
memories
that
I
have
of
them
Les
souvenirs
que
j'ai
d'eux
No
amount
of
money
could
pay
me
Aucun
argent
ne
pourrait
me
payer
To
go
back
and
live
through
it
again
Pour
y
retourner
et
revivre
tout
ça
We've
got
up
before
we
found
ice
on
the
floor
On
se
levait
avant
de
trouver
de
la
glace
sur
le
sol
Where
the
wind
blew
snow
through
the
cracks
in
the
wall
Là
où
le
vent
soufflait
de
la
neige
à
travers
les
fissures
du
mur
And
I've
walked
many
miles
to
an
old
country
school
Et
j'ai
marché
de
nombreux
kilomètres
jusqu'à
une
vieille
école
de
campagne
With
my
lunch
in
the
bib
of
my
overalls
Avec
mon
déjeuner
dans
la
bavette
de
ma
salopette
Anything
at
all
was
more
than
we
had
Tout
ce
que
nous
avions
était
plus
que
ce
que
nous
avions
In
the
good
old
days
when
times
were
bad
Au
bon
vieux
temps,
quand
les
temps
étaient
mauvais
No
amount
of
money
could
buy
from
me
Aucun
argent
ne
pourrait
m'acheter
The
memories
that
I
have
of
them
Les
souvenirs
que
j'ai
d'eux
No
amount
of
money
could
pay
me
Aucun
argent
ne
pourrait
me
payer
To
go
back
and
live
through
it
again
Pour
y
retourner
et
revivre
tout
ça
Rate the translation
1
Stay a Little Longer
2 Living With the Shades Pulled Down
3 Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
4 Just Between the Two of Us
5 Trouble In Mind
6 The Bottle Let Me Down (Down Every Road Version)
7 Skid Row (Down Every Road Version)
8 Here In Frisco
9 Holding Things Together
10 Honky Tonk Night Time Man
11 Things Aren't Funny Anymore
12 Everybody's Had The Blues - Live Rehearsal
13 The Emptiest Arms in the World
14 If We Make It Through December
15 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
16 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
17 Kentucky Gambler
18 Grandma Harp
19 Someday We'll Look Back
20 Carolyn
21 Tulare Dust
22 The Farmer's Daughter
23 Right or Wrong (Down Every Road Version)
24 I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike) (March 1970)
25 The Fightin' Side Of Me - December 1969
26 Irma Jackson
27 Running Kind
28 Huntsville
29 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
30 Always Wanting You
31 It's All in the Movies
32 Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
33 Kern River
34 Someday When Things Are Good
35 That's The Way Love Goes
36 Pancho and Lefty
37 You Take Me For Granted
38 Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
39 Rainbow Stew
40 I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
41 Leonard
42 Misery And Gin
43 My Own Kind of Hat
44 Footlights
45 Red Bandana
46 It's Been a Great Afternoon
47 Ramblin' Fever
48 If We're Not Back in Love By Monday
49 What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana
50 I Never Go Around Mirrors
51 The Way It Was In '51
52 Someone Told My Story
53 I Can't Stop Loving You (Live)
54 In My Next Life
55 Mary's Mine
56 All of Me Belongs to You
57 House of Memories
58 White Line Fever (Down Every Road Version)
59 I Threw Away the Rose
60 The Fugitive
61 Branded Man
62 I'll Look Over You
63 Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
64 Whatever Happened to Me
65 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
66 Sam Hill
67 Sing a Sad Song
68 High On a Hilltop
69 Somewhere Between
70 Today I Started Loving You Again
71 Sing Me Back Home
72 Silver Wings
73 Hungry Eyes
74 The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
75 It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him
76 I Can't Hold Myself In Line
77 I'm Bringin' Home Good News
78 I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am
79 Seeing Eye Dog
80 The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
81 Workin' Man Blues
82 The Day the Rains Came
83 Teach Me to Forget
84 Mama Tried
85 I'll Always Know
86 Okie From Muskogee - Down Every Road Version
87 Go Home
88 Swinging Doors
89 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
90 If I Had Left It Up to You
91 You Don't Even Try
92 You Don't Have Very Far to Go
93 California Cottonfields
94 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)
95 Waitin' for a Train
96 California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
97 I'm Looking For My Mind
98 In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
99 Is This the Beginning of the End?
2 Living With the Shades Pulled Down
3 Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
4 Just Between the Two of Us
5 Trouble In Mind
6 The Bottle Let Me Down (Down Every Road Version)
7 Skid Row (Down Every Road Version)
8 Here In Frisco
9 Holding Things Together
10 Honky Tonk Night Time Man
11 Things Aren't Funny Anymore
12 Everybody's Had The Blues - Live Rehearsal
13 The Emptiest Arms in the World
14 If We Make It Through December
15 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
16 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
17 Kentucky Gambler
18 Grandma Harp
19 Someday We'll Look Back
20 Carolyn
21 Tulare Dust
22 The Farmer's Daughter
23 Right or Wrong (Down Every Road Version)
24 I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike) (March 1970)
25 The Fightin' Side Of Me - December 1969
26 Irma Jackson
27 Running Kind
28 Huntsville
29 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
30 Always Wanting You
31 It's All in the Movies
32 Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
33 Kern River
34 Someday When Things Are Good
35 That's The Way Love Goes
36 Pancho and Lefty
37 You Take Me For Granted
38 Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
39 Rainbow Stew
40 I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
41 Leonard
42 Misery And Gin
43 My Own Kind of Hat
44 Footlights
45 Red Bandana
46 It's Been a Great Afternoon
47 Ramblin' Fever
48 If We're Not Back in Love By Monday
49 What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana
50 I Never Go Around Mirrors
51 The Way It Was In '51
52 Someone Told My Story
53 I Can't Stop Loving You (Live)
54 In My Next Life
55 Mary's Mine
56 All of Me Belongs to You
57 House of Memories
58 White Line Fever (Down Every Road Version)
59 I Threw Away the Rose
60 The Fugitive
61 Branded Man
62 I'll Look Over You
63 Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
64 Whatever Happened to Me
65 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
66 Sam Hill
67 Sing a Sad Song
68 High On a Hilltop
69 Somewhere Between
70 Today I Started Loving You Again
71 Sing Me Back Home
72 Silver Wings
73 Hungry Eyes
74 The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
75 It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him
76 I Can't Hold Myself In Line
77 I'm Bringin' Home Good News
78 I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am
79 Seeing Eye Dog
80 The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
81 Workin' Man Blues
82 The Day the Rains Came
83 Teach Me to Forget
84 Mama Tried
85 I'll Always Know
86 Okie From Muskogee - Down Every Road Version
87 Go Home
88 Swinging Doors
89 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
90 If I Had Left It Up to You
91 You Don't Even Try
92 You Don't Have Very Far to Go
93 California Cottonfields
94 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)
95 Waitin' for a Train
96 California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
97 I'm Looking For My Mind
98 In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
99 Is This the Beginning of the End?
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