Lyrics and translation Sarah Rice - Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Green
finch
and
linnet
bird
Pinson
vert
et
linot
Nightingale,
blackbird
Rossignol,
merle
How
is
it
you
sing?
Comment
chantez-vous
?
How
can
you
jubilate
sitting
in
cages
Comment
pouvez-vous
vous
réjouir
en
étant
dans
des
cages
Never
taking
wing?
Sans
jamais
prendre
votre
envol
?
Outside
the
sky
waits
beckoning,
beckoning
Dehors,
le
ciel
attend,
vous
appelle
Just
beyond
the
bars
Juste
au-delà
des
barreaux
How
can
you
remain
staring
at
the
rain?
Comment
pouvez-vous
rester
à
regarder
la
pluie
?
Maddened
by
the
stars?
Rendus
folles
par
les
étoiles
?
How
is
it
you
sing
anything?
Comment
pouvez-vous
chanter
quoi
que
ce
soit
?
How
is
it
you
sing?
Comment
chantez-vous
?
Green
finch
and
linnet
bird
Pinson
vert
et
linot
Nightingale,
blackbird
Rossignol,
merle
How
is
it
you
sing?
Comment
chantez-vous
?
Whence
comes
this
melody
constantly
flowing?
D’où
vient
cette
mélodie
qui
coule
constamment
?
Is
it
rejoicing
or
merely
harlowing?
Est-ce
de
la
joie
ou
simplement
du
chagrin
?
Are
you
discussing?
Or
fussing?
Discutez-vous
? Ou
vous
disputez-vous
?
Or
simply
dreaming?
Ou
rêvez-vous
simplement
?
Are
you
crowing?
Chantez-vous
?
Are
you
screaming?
Criez-vous
?
Ringdove
and
robinet
is
it
for
wages?
Tourterelle
et
rouge-gorge,
est-ce
pour
un
salaire
?
Singing
to
be
sold?
Chanter
pour
être
vendues
?
Have
you
decided
it's
safer
in
cages
singing
when
you're
told?
Avez-vous
décidé
qu’il
était
plus
sûr
d’être
en
cage
et
de
chanter
quand
on
vous
le
dit
?
My
cage
has
many
rooms
Ma
cage
a
de
nombreuses
pièces
Damask
and
dark
Damassé
et
sombre
Nothing
there
sings
not
even
my
lark
Rien
ne
chante
là,
pas
même
mon
alouette
Lark's
never
will
you
know
when
they're
captive
Alouette,
tu
ne
sauras
jamais
quand
elles
sont
captives
Teach
me
to
be
more
adaptive
Apprends-moi
à
être
plus
adaptable
Green
finch
and
linnet
bird
Pinson
vert
et
linot
Nightingale,
blackbird
Rossignol,
merle
Teach
me
how
to
sing
Apprends-moi
à
chanter
If
I
cannot
fly
let
me
sing
Si
je
ne
peux
pas
voler,
laisse-moi
chanter
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3 Green Finch and Linnet Bird
4 Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
5 The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd"
6 Final Sequence
7 Sweet Polly Plunkett
8 The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned"
9 Wait
10 Poor Thing
11 The Worst Pies in London
12 Johanna
13 By the Sea
14 A Little Priest
15 Epiphany
16 My Friends
17 Johanna
18 God, That's Good!
19 Pretty Women
20 Ladies In Their Sensitivities
21 Kiss Me!
22 The Barber And His Wife
23 Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd"
24 No Place Like London
25 Johanna
26 The Contest
27 Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
28 Ah, Miss
29 Green Finch and Linnet Bird
2 The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney!"
3 Green Finch and Linnet Bird
4 Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
5 The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd"
6 Final Sequence
7 Sweet Polly Plunkett
8 The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned"
9 Wait
10 Poor Thing
11 The Worst Pies in London
12 Johanna
13 By the Sea
14 A Little Priest
15 Epiphany
16 My Friends
17 Johanna
18 God, That's Good!
19 Pretty Women
20 Ladies In Their Sensitivities
21 Kiss Me!
22 The Barber And His Wife
23 Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd"
24 No Place Like London
25 Johanna
26 The Contest
27 Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
28 Ah, Miss
29 Green Finch and Linnet Bird
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