Lyrics and translation The Flaming Lips - Little Drummer Boy

Little Drummer Boy

Le petit tambourinaire

Just a bit, just the beginning

Juste un peu, juste le début

It′s a Christmas song?

C'est une chanson de Noël ?

No, I don't know how to play any, I know how to sing ′em

Non, je ne sais pas jouer, je sais juste chanter

You know "Little drummer boy"?

Tu connais "Le petit tambourinaire" ?

Yeah, do a "Little drummer boy"

Oui, fais un "Le petit tambourinaire"

I'll do it if some of you guys will sing it too (OK, OK, you got it)

Je le ferai si certains d'entre vous le chantent aussi (OK, OK, vous l'avez)

We won't worry about it if we screw up the words

On ne s'inquiétera pas si on se trompe dans les paroles

Come they told me, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Ils m'ont dit, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

The ox and lamb kept time, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Le bœuf et l'agneau ont marqué le rythme, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Our finest gifts we bring, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Nos plus beaux cadeaux nous apportons, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

To lay before the King, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Pour déposer devant le Roi, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum

So to honor him, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Alors pour l'honorer, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Me and my drum

Moi et mon tambour

Baby Jesus, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Bébé Jésus, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

I am a poor boy too, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Je suis un pauvre garçon aussi, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

I have no gift to bring, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Je n'ai pas de cadeau à apporter, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

That′s fit to give the King, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Qui soit digne d'être offert au Roi, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum

So we play for you, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Alors on joue pour toi, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

As we come?

Comme on arrive ?

So I played for Him, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Alors j'ai joué pour Lui, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

On my drum

Sur mon tambour

Then He smiled at me, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Puis Il m'a souri, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

And I don′t really know what happened after that

Et je ne sais pas vraiment ce qui s'est passé après ça

Then He smiled at me, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

Puis Il m'a souri, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum

And that's the end of this song

Et c'est la fin de cette chanson

Thanks people, merry Christmas

Merci les gens, joyeux Noël

Thanks for having us around

Merci de nous avoir reçus

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Writer(s): Davis Katherine K, Onorati Henry V, Simeone Harry

Album

Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic 1994-1997

date of release

27-11-2015

1 Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles (Live in Seattle 1996)
2 Hot Day
3 The Abandoned Hospital Ship
4 Unconsciously Screamin' (Live in Seattle 1996)
5 Take Meta Mars (Live in Seattle 1996)
6 Moth In the Incubator (Live in Seattle 1996)
7 Put the Waterbug In the Policeman's Ear (Live in Seattle 1996)
8 Lightning Strikes the Postman (Live in Seattle 1996)
9 Bad Days (Live in Seattle 1996)
10 She Don't Use Jelly (Live in Seattle 1996)
11 Chewin' the Apple of Yer Eye (Live in Seattle 1996)
12 When You Smile (Live in Seattle 1996)
13 Love Yer Brain (Live in Seattle 1996)
14 Placebo Headwound (Live in Seattle 1996)
15 It Was a Very Good Year
16 Sun Arise
17 Life On Mars
18 Ballrooms of Mars
19 Nobody Told Me
20 The Magician Vs. The Headache
21 The Abandoned Hospital Ship (Live in Seattle 1996)
22 She Don't Use Jelly (Live at KJ103)
23 Slow Nerve Action
24 Chosen One
25 Psychiatric Explorations Of The Fetus With Needles
26 Placebo Headwound
27 This Here Giraffe
28 Brainville
29 Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
30 When You Smile
31 Kim’s Watermelon Gun
32 They Punctured My Yolk
33 Lightning Strikes The Postman
34 Christmas At The Zoo
35 Evil Will Prevail
36 Bad Days (Aurally Excited version)
37 Bad Days
38 Put The Waterbug In The Policeman's Ear
39 Chewin' the Apple of Yer Eye
40 Little Drummer Boy
41 Jets Part 2 (My Two Days As an Ambulance Driver)
42 Ice Drummer

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