The Weavers - The Gandy Dancer's Ball - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation The Weavers - The Gandy Dancer's Ball




The Gandy Dancer's Ball
Le bal de Gandydancer
Oh they danced on the ceiling
Oh ils ont dansé au plafond
And they danced on the wall
Et ils ont dansé sur le mur
At the Gandy Dancer′s ball
Au bal de Gandydancer
Hey! Swing around, swing around,
! Tourne, tourne,
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing the pretty girl round
Fais tourner la jolie fille
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
The Gandy Dancer is a railroad man
Le Gandydancer est un cheminot
And his work is never done
Et il travaille sans relâche
With his pick and his shovel and his willing hands
Avec sa pioche et sa pelle et ses mains habiles
He makes the railroad run
Il fait avancer le chemin de fer
There's Macanaw Mack and Toledo Jack
Il y a Macanaw Mack et Toledo Jack
And the boys from Idaho
Et les garçons de l'Idaho
And the Frisco kid and Saginaw Sid
Et le gamin de Frisco et Saginaw Sid
And good old Cotton-eyed Joe
Et le bon vieux Cotton-eyed Joe
Oh they danced on the ceiling
Oh ils ont dansé au plafond
And they danced on the wall
Et ils ont dansé sur le mur
At the Gandy Dancer′s ball
Au bal de Gandydancer
Hey! swing around, swing around,
! Tourne, tourne,
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing the pretty girl round
Fais tourner la jolie fille
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
The boys will gather at the great affair
Les garçons se retrouveront à la grande fête
The Gandy Dancer's ball
Le bal de Gandydancer
A-kissin' their ladies with perfumed hair
Embrassant leurs dames aux cheveux parfumés
And prancin′ round the hall
Et cabriolant dans la salle
They got the biggest band in all the land
Ils ont le plus grand groupe de tout le pays
And the rhythm rocks the room
Et le rythme fait bouger la pièce
And they holler out with a mighty shout
Et ils crient à tue-tête
When the big bass drum goes boom
Quand la grosse caisse fait boum
Oh they danced on the ceiling
Oh ils ont dansé au plafond
And they danced on the wall
Et ils ont dansé sur le mur
At the Gandy Dancer′s ball
Au bal de Gandydancer
Hey! swing around, swing around,
! Tourne, tourne,
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing the pretty girl round
Fais tourner la jolie fille
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
The railroads bring 'em to the great affair
Les chemins de fer les amènent à la grande fête
The Gandy Dancer′s ball
Le bal de Gandydancer
An' every line is represented there
Et chaque ligne y est représentée
The big ones and the small
Les grandes et les petites
There′s the M-K-T and the old SP
Il y a le M-K-T et le vieux SP
And the Lehigh Valley too
Et le Lehigh Valley aussi
The C-N-J and the Santa Fe
Le C-N-J et le Santa Fe
The Southern and the Soo.
Le Southern et le Soo.
Oh they danced on the ceiling
Oh ils ont dansé au plafond
And they danced on the wall
Et ils ont dansé sur le mur
At the Gandy Dancer's ball
Au bal de Gandydancer
Hey! swing around, swing around,
! Tourne, tourne,
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
Swing around the Jimmy John
Tourne autour de Jimmy John
Swing the pretty girl round
Fais tourner la jolie fille
The Jimmy, Jimmy John
Le Jimmy, Jimmy John
They danced all day
Ils ont dansé toute la journée
And they danced all night
Et ils ont dansé toute la nuit
They all danced till the broad daylight
Ils ont tous dansé jusqu'au jour
At the Gandy Dancer′s ball
Au bal de Gandydancer
(Swing around, swing around
(Tourne, tourne
Swing around, swing around
Tourne, tourne
The Jimmy John)
Le Jimmy John)





Writer(s): Paul Weston, Paul Mason Howard


1 Hard Ain't It Hard
2 Talking Blues
3 The Gandy Dancer's Ball
4 Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
5 On Top of Old Smokey (feat. Terry Gilkyson)
6 Taking It Easy
7 Benoni
8 Rock Island Line (Rock Island Shuffle)
9 Down in the Valley
10 Clementine
11 True Love
12 Bay of Mexico
13 Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies)
14 (Come on and) Join Into the Game
15 Jig Along Home
16 Go Tell It On the Mountain
17 Lulloo Lullay
18 It's Almost Day
19 Buddy Rogers Show: November 24, 1950, Interview
20 Goodnight, Sweet Dreams (feat. Lee Hays & Fred Hellerman)
21 Just One More Chance (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
22 Flamenco (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
23 Calla, Calla (The Bride) (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
24 (Ma Come' Bali) Bela Bimba (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
25 Pity the Downtrodden Landlord (feat. Fred Hellerman)
26 Quilting Bee
27 Old Man Atom - Fred Hellerman
28 New York City
29 A Train to the Zoo, Parts 1 & 2
30 The Peekskill Story, Parts 1 & 2
31 The Trenton Six, Parts 1 & 2
32 Masters in This Hall
33 Joy to the World
34 We Shall Not Be Moved
35 Wasn't That a Time
36 Run Home to Ma-Ma
37 Greensleeves (Instrumental)
38 Around the World
39 El Quinto Regimento
40 East Virginia Blues
41 Lousy Dime
42 The Johnson Boys
43 I Don't Want to Get Adjusted
44 Banks of Marble
45 The Hammer Song
46 Love Song Blues
47 Freight Train Blues
48 Dig My Grave
49 Poor Howard's Dead and Gone (live)
50 Dig My Grave (live)
51 Love Song Blues (live)
52 Washington Square Blues (live)
53 Darling Cory
54 Across the Wide Missouri (feat. Terry Gilkyson)
55 I Know Where I'm Going
56 Suliram (Indonesian Lullaby)
57 Easy Rider Blues
58 Along The Colorado Trail
59 Midnight Special
60 So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh
61 Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (Hebrew)
62 The Fireship (live)
63 Lousy Dime (live)
64 The Johnson Boys (live)
65 Freight Train Blues (live)

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