The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (Extract from 1st Demo) - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (Extract from 1st Demo)




Fairytale of New York (Extract from 1st Demo)
Conte de fée de New York (Extrait de la 1ère démo)
It was Christmas eve, babe
C'était la veille de Noël, mon amour
In the drunk tank
Dans le tank à ivrognes
An old man said to me
Un vieil homme m'a dit
Won′t see another one
Je n'en verrai pas un autre
Then he sang a song
Puis il a chanté une chanson
The rare 'Old Mountain Dew′
La rare "Old Mountain Dew"
I turned my face away
J'ai détourné le regard
And dreamed about you
Et j'ai rêvé de toi
Got on a lucky one
J'ai eu un coup de chance
Came in eighteen to one
J'ai gagné 18 pour 1
I had a feeling that years
J'avais le sentiment que les années
For me and you
Pour toi et moi
Said, "Happy Christmas
J'ai dit "Joyeux Noël
I love you, baby
Je t'aime, mon amour
I can see a better time
Je vois un temps meilleur
When all our dreams come true"
Quand tous nos rêves deviendront réalité"
They got cars, big as bars
Ils ont des voitures, grandes comme des bars
They got rivers of gold
Ils ont des rivières d'or
But the wind blows right through you
Mais le vent te traverse
It's no place for the old
Ce n'est pas un endroit pour les vieux
When I first took your hand
Quand j'ai pris ta main pour la première fois
All your fingers were blue
Tous tes doigts étaient bleus
Well, I promised you Broadway
Eh bien, je t'ai promis Broadway
Was waiting for you
T'attendait
I was handsome, you were pretty
J'étais beau, tu étais belle
Queen of New York city
Reine de New York
When the band finished playing
Quand le groupe a fini de jouer
They howled out for more
Ils ont hurlé pour en avoir plus
Sinatra was swinging
Sinatra chantait
All the drunks, they were singing
Tous les ivrognes, ils chantaient
And we kissed on a corner
Et on s'est embrassés dans un coin
Danced through the night
On a dansé toute la nuit
And the boys of the NYPD choir
Et les garçons de la chorale du NYPD
Were singing, 'Galway Bay′
Chantaient "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
Et les cloches sonnaient
For Christmas day
Pour le jour de Noël
Be a bum, it was a clutter
Être un clochard, c'était un désordre
And smell like the gutter
Et sentir le caniveau
While sad broken promises
Alors que les promesses brisées et tristes
Lay with the trash
Gisait avec les ordures
Every cold chilly night
Chaque nuit froide et glaciale
We′d end up in a fight
On finissait par se battre
And I'd pray as you′d yell
Et je priais pendant que tu hurlais
That as train rattled past
Que le train qui passait
And the boys of the NYPD choir
Et les garçons de la chorale du NYPD
Still singing, 'Galway Bay′
Chantaient toujours "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
Et les cloches sonnaient
Christmas day
Jour de Noël
I could have been someone
J'aurais pu être quelqu'un
Say, so could anyone
Disons, n'importe qui
That I took your dreams from you
Que j'ai pris tes rêves à toi
When you first found me
Quand tu m'as trouvé pour la première fois
But I kept them with me, babe
Mais je les ai gardés avec moi, mon amour
I put them with my own
Je les ai mis avec les miens
Can't make it all alone
Je ne peux pas tout faire seul
Built my dreams around you
J'ai construit mes rêves autour de toi
It′s Christmas eve again
C'est la veille de Noël encore
In the drunk tank
Dans le tank à ivrognes
I'm an old man now
Je suis un vieil homme maintenant
I won't see another one
Je n'en verrai pas un autre
So I′ll sing a song
Alors je vais chanter une chanson
And sleep when I′m through
Et dormir quand j'aurai fini
Dream of another life
Rêver d'une autre vie
Where all our dreams came true
tous nos rêves sont devenus réalité





Writer(s): Shane Macgowan, Jeremy Finer


1 The Rocky Road to Dublin
2 The Star of the County Down (Live At Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001)
3 Billy's Bones (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985)
4 Got a Lot of Livin' to Do (NME Multi-artist Charity Compilation, The Last Temptation of Elvis)
5 Poor Paddy On the Railway (BBC David 'Kid' Jensen Show June 21st 1984)
6 My Baby's Gone (Demo)
7 Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things (From the Red Hot and Blue Multi-artist Album)
8 Haunted (From the Movie and Soundtrack Album Sid and Nancy)
9 Maggie May (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
10 Nw3
11 Maggie May
12 Transmetropolitan (Demo)
13 The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985)
14 Dirty Old Town (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
15 A Pair of Brown Eyes (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
16 Kitty (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
17 Johnny Come Lately (Live 1989)
18 The Sickbed of Cuchulainn (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
19 Navigator (Live In Sweden)
20 Sally Maclennane (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
21 Waxies Dargle (Live In Sweden)
22 White City (Live At Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001)
23 Streams of Whiskey (Demo)
24 Dark Streets of London (Demo)
25 The Wake of the Medusa (Demo)
26 Sea Shanty (Demo)
27 Living In a World Without Her (Demo)
28 Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Demo)
29 Fairytale of New York (Extract from 3rd Demo)
30 Fairytale of New York (Extract from 2nd Demo)
31 Fairytale of New York (Extract from 1st Demo)
32 Rainy Night In Soho (Oboe Version)
33 Kitty (Demo)
34 Fiesta
35 Johnny Come Lately (From the Album Copperhead Road)
36 Boys from the County Hell
37 Four O'Clock in the Morning
38 All the Tears That I Cried (From the Cd Single 'My Affair')
39 The One and Only (From the Album 'Electric Landlady')
40 The Kerry Polka
41 Night Train To Lorca - Demo
42 Boat Train - Demo
43 If I Should Fall From Grace With God - 12" Single Remix
44 Japan - Live in Tokyo
45 The Mistle Thrush - Outtake From The Peace And Love Album Recording Sessions
46 Nicaragua Libré - Outtake [From the If I Should Fall From Grace WIth God recording sessions]
47 Streets Of Sorrow - Demo
48 Shanne Bradley - Demo
49 Lullaby Of London - Demo
50 Battle March - Demo
51 If I Should Fall From Grace With God - BBC Janice Long Show October 10th 1986
52 Turkish Song Of The Damned - BBC Janice Long Show October 10th 1986
53 Victoria
54 Lust For Vomit
55 Moving To Moldova - Demo
56 The Girl From The Wadi-Hammamat - Demo
57 Murder - Version 1
58 Johnny Was - 17/11/1989 soundcheck, Gothenburg, Sweden.
59 Maidrín Rua - Outtake From Hell's Ditch Album Recording Sessions
60 Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah - 12" Single Remix
61 Murder - Version 2
62 Aisling - Outtake From Hell's Ditch Album Recording Sessions
63 The Black Dogs Ditch - Outtake From The Hell's Ditch Album Recording Sessions
64 Call My Name - Outtake From Pogue Mahone Album Recording Sessions
65 The Rake At The Gates Of Hell - BBC Janice Long Show October 10th 1986
66 When The Ship Comes In - Demo
67 Young Ned Of The Hill - Dub Version
68 Afro-Cuban Be-Bop - From the movie I Hired A Contract Killer
69 The Last Of McGee - Outtake from Hell's Ditch album sessions
70 Greenland Whale Fisheries - Demo
71 North Sea Holes
72 The Travelling People - Rehearsal Recording
73 Danny Boy - BBC John Peel Show December 4th 1984
74 Hot Asphalt
75 Do You Believe In Magic? - Poguetry in Motion EP Sessions Rough Mix
76 The Donegal Express / The Hen and the Cock are in Carrickmacross - Rehearsal Recording
77 Eve Of Destruction - Outtake from The Hells Ditch album sessions
78 Rince Del Emplacada
79 The Auld Triangle - BBC John Peel Show April 10th 1984
80 Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go) - Demo
81 Junk Theme - From the soundtrack album of Sid And Nancy
82 Boys From The County Hell - BBC David 'Kid' Jensen Show June 21st 1984
83 Love Theme From Sid And Nancy - Outtake from the Sid And Nancy soundtrack recordings
84 The Aria
85 Driving Through The City
86 Something Wild
87 The Town That Never Sleeps
88 Sally Maclennane - BBC John Peel Show December 4th 1984
89 Goodnight Irene - Live at the Town and Country, London. March 1988
90 The Parting Glass / Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter - Live at Brixton Academy London 21 or 22 December 2001
91 Sound Of The City Night
92 Who Said Romance Is Dead?
93 The Sun And The Moon - Demo
94 Afro-Cuban Be-Bop - Single Version
95 Garbo (Aka In And Out) - From the movie and soundtrack release of Garbo
96 Haunted - 1986 Demo

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