The Pogues - Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road To Dublin / The Galway Races - Live at Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001 - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation The Pogues - Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road To Dublin / The Galway Races - Live at Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001




Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road To Dublin / The Galway Races - Live at Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001
Mélange : Le Sergent Recruteur / Le Chemin Caillouteux Vers Dublin / Les Courses de Galway - Live à Brixton Academy le 21 ou 22 décembre 2001
As I was walking down the road
Alors que je marchais le long de la route
A feeling fine and larky oh
Avec un sentiment agréable et joyeux, oh
A recruiting sergeant came up to me
Un sergent recruteur s'est approché de moi
Says he, you′d look fine in khaki oh
Il m'a dit que j'aurais fière allure en kaki, oh
For the King he is in need of men
Car le roi a besoin d'hommes
Come read this proclamation oh
Viens lire cette proclamation, oh
A life in Flanders for you then
Une vie en Flandre pour toi alors
Would be a fine vacation oh
Serait une belle escapade, oh
That may be so says I to him
C'est peut-être vrai, lui ai-je dit
But tell me sergeant dearie-oh
Mais dis-moi, cher sergent, oh
If I had a pack stuck upon my back
Si j'avais un sac sur le dos
Would I look fine and cheerie oh
Aurais-je l'air agréable et joyeux, oh
For they'd have you train and drill until
Car ils te feraient t'entraîner et t'exercer jusqu'à
They had you one of the Frenchies oh
Ce qu'ils t'auraient fait un de ces Français, oh
It may be warm in Flanders
Il peut faire chaud en Flandre
But it′s draughty in the trenches oh
Mais il y a des courants d'air dans les tranchées, oh
The sergeant smiled and winked his eye
Le sergent a souri et a fait un clin d'œil
His smile was most provoking oh
Son sourire était très provocateur, oh
He twiddled and twirled his wee mustache
Il a tripoté et fait tourner sa petite moustache
Says he, I know you're only joking oh
Il a dit : "Je sais que tu plaisantes, oh"
For the sandbags are so warm and high
Car les sacs de sable sont si chauds et hauts
The wind you won't feel blowing oh
Le vent ne te fera pas sentir souffler, oh
Well I winked at a cailin passing by
J'ai fait un clin d'œil à une fille qui passait
Says I, what if it′s snowing oh
J'ai dit : "Et si il neige, oh ?"
Come rain or hail or wind or snow
Qu'il pleuve, qu'il grêle, qu'il vente ou qu'il neige
I′m not going out to Flanders oh
Je ne vais pas en Flandre, oh
There's fighting in Dublin to be done
Il y a des combats à Dublin à faire
Let your sergeants and your commanders go
Laissez vos sergents et vos commandants y aller
Let Englishmen fight English wars
Laissez les Anglais se battre dans les guerres anglaises
It′s nearly time they started oh
Il est presque temps qu'ils commencent, oh
I saluted the sergeant a very good night
J'ai salué le sergent d'une très bonne nuit
And there and then we parted oh
Et nous nous sommes séparés là-même, oh
(The Rocky Road to Dublin)
(Le Chemin Caillouteux Vers Dublin)
Instrumental
Instrumental
(Galway Races)
(Les Courses de Galway)
As I went down to Galway Town
Alors que j'allais à Galway Town
To seek for recreation
Pour chercher du divertissement
On the seventeenth of August
Le dix-sept août
Me mind being elevated
Mon esprit étant élevé
There were passengers assembled
Il y avait des passagers rassemblés
With their tickets at the station
Avec leurs billets à la gare
And me eyes began to dazzle
Et mes yeux ont commencé à briller
And they off to see the races
Et ils partaient pour voir les courses
With me wack fol the do fol
Avec mon wack fol the do fol
The diddle idle day
Le diddle idle day
There were passengers from Limerick
Il y avait des passagers de Limerick
And passengers from Nenagh
Et des passagers de Nenagh
The boys of Connemara
Les garçons de Connemara
And the Clare unmarried maiden
Et la jeune fille non mariée de Clare
There were people from Cork City
Il y avait des gens de Cork City
Who were loyal, true and faithful
Qui étaient loyaux, vrais et fidèles
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners
Qui ont ramené les prisonniers féniens
From dying in foreign nations
De mourir dans des pays étrangers
And it's there you′ll see the pipers
Et c'est que tu verras les pipers
And the fiddlers competing
Et les violonistes en compétition
And the sporting wheel of fortune
Et la roue de la fortune sportive
And the four and twenty quarters
Et les quatre-vingt-quatre quartiers
And there's others without scruple
Et il y a d'autres sans scrupules
Pelting wattles at poor Maggie
Qui jettent des bâtons sur la pauvre Maggie
And her father well contented
Et son père bien content
And he gazing at his daughter
Et il regarde sa fille
And it′s there you'll see the jockeys
Et c'est que tu verras les jockeys
And they mounted on so stably
Et ils sont montés si stablement
The pink, the blue, the orange, and green
Le rose, le bleu, l'orange et le vert
The colors of our nation
Les couleurs de notre nation
The time it came for starting
Le temps est venu de commencer
All the horses seemed impatient
Tous les chevaux semblaient impatients
Their feet they hardly touched the ground
Ils ne touchaient presque pas le sol de leurs pieds
The speed was so amazing!
La vitesse était tellement incroyable !
There was half a million people there
Il y avait un demi-million de personnes là-bas
Of all denominations
De toutes les confessions
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian
Le catholique, le protestant, le juif, le presbytérien
Yet there was no animosity
Mais il n'y avait aucune animosité
No matter what persuasion
Quelle que soit la persuasion
But failte hospitality
Mais l'hospitalité failte
Inducing fresh acquaintance
Inciter de nouvelles connaissances






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 Turkish Song Of The Damned - Live At The Forum December 12th 1991 (feat. Joe Strummer)
6 Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road To Dublin / The Galway Races - Live at Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001
7 Johnny Come Lately - From the album Copperhead Road
8 Poor Paddy On the Railway (BBC David 'Kid' Jensen Show June 21st 1984)
9 My Baby's Gone (Demo)
10 Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things (From the Red Hot and Blue Multi-artist Album)
11 Haunted (From the Movie and Soundtrack Album Sid and Nancy)
12 Maggie May (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
13 Nw3
14 Four O'Clock in the Morning
15 Maggie May
16 Transmetropolitan (Demo)
17 The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985)
18 Dirty Old Town (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
19 A Pair of Brown Eyes (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
20 Kitty (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
21 Johnny Come Lately (Live 1989)
22 The Sickbed of Cuchulainn (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
23 Navigator (Live In Sweden)
24 Sally Maclennane (Live At Glasgow Barrowlands)
25 Waxies Dargle (Live In Sweden)
26 White City (Live At Brixton Academy 21st or 22nd December 2001)
27 Streams of Whiskey (Demo)
28 Dark Streets of London (Demo)
29 The Wake of the Medusa (Demo)
30 Sea Shanty (Demo)
31 Living In a World Without Her (Demo)
32 Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Demo)
33 Fairytale of New York (Extract from 3rd Demo)
34 Fairytale of New York (Extract from 2nd Demo)
35 Fairytale of New York (Extract from 1st Demo)
36 Rainy Night In Soho (Oboe Version)
37 Kitty (Demo)
38 The One and Only (From the Album 'Electric Landlady')
39 All the Tears That I Cried (From the Cd Single 'My Affair')
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 Fiesta - 7" Remix
95 The Balinalee - Outtake From the If I Should Fall From Grace With God recording sessions
96 Thousands Are Sailing - Extract [Backing track with guide vocal from the If I should Fall From Grace With God sessions]
97 Hot Dogs With Everything - From the soundtrack of the movie Sid And Nancy
98 Bowery Snax / Spiked - From the soundtrack of the movie Sid And Nancy
99 I Fought The Law - Live At The Forum December 12th 1991 (feat. Joe Strummer)
100 London Calling - Live At The Forum 12th December 1991 (feat. Joe Strummer)
101 A Needle For Paddy Garcia - From the soundtrack of the movie Sid And Nancy
102 Glued Up And Speeding - From the soundtrack of the movie Sid And Nancy
103 Pinned Down / I'm Alone In The Wilderness - Outtake from the Hell's Ditch album sessions
104 Boys From The County Hell - Radio Friendly Version of Stiff Single
105 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - From The Original Soundtrack LP Of The Movie Straight To Hell
106 Paris - From the soundtrack of the movie Sid And Nancy
107 Haunted - 1986 Demo
108 Afro-Cuban Be-Bop - Single Version
109 Garbo (Aka In And Out) - From the movie and soundtrack release of Garbo
110 JB57 - From the soundtrack of the movie Sid And Nancy

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