The Pogues - The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985) - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation The Pogues - The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985)




The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985)
The Old Main Drag (BBC Janice Long Show July 3rd 1985)
When I first came to London I was only sixteen
Lorsque je suis arrivé à Londres, je n'avais que seize ans
With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
Avec cinq livres en poche et mon vieux sac de danse
I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
Je suis allé dans le dilly pour découvrir la scène
But I soon ended up upon the old main drag
Mais je me suis vite retrouvé sur la vieille artère principale
There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
Là, les hommes et les femmes se pavanaient avec style
And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
Et le vieil homme à l'argent vous faisait un sourire
In the dark of an alley you would work for a five
Dans le noir d'une ruelle, tu travaillais pour un cinq
For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag
Pour un coup rapide du poignet sur la vieille artère principale
In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
Dans les froides nuits d'hiver, la vieille ville était froide
But there were boys in the cafes who′d give you cheap pills
Mais il y avait des garçons dans les cafés qui vous donnaient des pilules bon marché
If you didn't have the money you′d cajole and you'd beg
Si tu n'avais pas d'argent, tu cajolais et tu suppliais
There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag
Il y avait toujours beaucoup de tuinol sur la vieille artère principale
One evening as I was lying down in Leicester Square
Un soir, alors que j'étais couché sur Leicester Square
I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls
J'ai été ramassé par les flics et j'ai reçu des coups de pied dans les couilles
Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled
Entre les portes métalliques de Vine Street, j'ai été battu et molesté
And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag
Et ils ont ruiné ma belle gueule pour la vieille artère principale
In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
Dans la station de métro, les vieux qui étaient sur le point de sortir
Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
Bavaient, vomissaient, se traînaient et criaient
And the coppers would come along and push them about
Et les flics venaient les pousser
And I wished they could escape from the old main drag
Et je souhaitais qu'ils puissent s'échapper de la vieille artère principale
And now I am lying here I've had too much booze
Et maintenant je suis allongé ici, j'ai trop bu
I′ve been spat on and shat on and raped and abused
J'ai été craché dessus, chié dessus, violé et maltraité
I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
Je sais que je suis en train de mourir et j'aimerais pouvoir mendier
For some money to take me from the old main drag
Un peu d'argent pour m'éloigner de la vieille artère principale





Writer(s): SHANE MACGOWAN


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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