Lyrics and translation Woody Guthrie - Bile Them Cabbage Down
Went
up
on
the
mountain
Je
suis
monté
sur
la
montagne
Just
to
give
my
horn
a
blow
Juste
pour
souffler
dans
ma
corne
Thought
I
heard
my
true
love
say
J'ai
cru
entendre
mon
véritable
amour
dire
Yonder
comes
my
beau
Voilà
mon
chéri
qui
arrive
[Chorus:]
[Refrain:]
Bile
them
Cabbage
down
Fais
cuire
ces
choux
Turn
them
hoecakes
round
Retourne
ces
galettes
The
only
song
that
I
can
sing
La
seule
chanson
que
je
peux
chanter
Is
bile
them
cabbage
down
C'est
"Fais
cuire
ces
choux"
Took
my
gal
to
the
blacksmith
shop
J'ai
emmené
ma
fille
chez
le
forgeron
To
have
her
mouth
made
small
Pour
qu'il
lui
fasse
une
petite
bouche
She
turned
around
a
time
or
two
Elle
s'est
retournée
une
ou
deux
fois
And
swallowd
shop
and
all
Et
a
avalé
l'atelier
entier
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
Possum
in
a
Simmon
tree
Un
opossum
dans
un
arbre
à
prunier
Raccoon
on
the
ground
Un
raton
laveur
au
sol
Raccoon
says
you
son-of-a-gun
Le
raton
laveur
dit,
mon
vieux
Shake
some
Simmon′s
down
Secoue
quelques
prunes
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
Someone
stole
my
old
'coon
dog
Quelqu'un
a
volé
mon
vieux
chien
raton
laveur
Wish
they′d
bring
him
back
J'aimerais
qu'il
le
ramène
He
chased
the
big
hogs
through
the
fence
Il
pourchassait
les
gros
cochons
à
travers
la
clôture
And
the
little
ones
through
the
crack
Et
les
petits
à
travers
la
fente
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
Met
a
possum
in
the
road
J'ai
rencontré
un
opossum
sur
la
route
Blind
as
he
could
be
Aveugle
comme
il
pouvait
l'être
Jumped
the
fence
and
whipped
my
dog
Il
a
sauté
la
clôture
et
fouetté
mon
chien
And
bristled
up
at
me
Et
s'est
hérissé
contre
moi
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
Once
I
had
an
old
gray
mule
J'avais
autrefois
un
vieux
mulet
gris
His
name
was
Simon
Slick
Il
s'appelait
Simon
Slick
He'd
roll
his
eyes
and
back
his
ears
Il
roulait
des
yeux
et
reculait
les
oreilles
And
how
that
mule
would
kick
Et
comme
ce
mulet
donnait
des
coups
de
pied
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
How
that
mule
would
kick
Comme
ce
mulet
donnait
des
coups
de
pied
He
kicked
with
his
dying
breath
Il
a
donné
des
coups
de
pied
avec
son
dernier
souffle
He
shoved
his
hind
feet
down
his
throat
Il
a
enfoncé
ses
pieds
arrière
dans
sa
gorge
And
kicked
himself
to
death
Et
s'est
donné
la
mort
à
coups
de
pied
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
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2 The Ludlow Massacre
3 Sally Don't You Grieve
4 Tear the Facists Down
5 When the Yanks Go Marching In
6 Union Burying Ground
7 Gonna Roll the Union On
8 Poor Boy
9 Worried Man Blues
10 Guitar Rag
11 A Picture from Life's Other Side
12 Buffalo Skinners
13 Ain't Nobody's Business
14 Stepstone
15 Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
16 Hard, Ain't It Hard
17 Brown's Ferry Blues
18 More Pretty Girls Than One
19 Bile Them Cabbage Down
20 Danville Girl
21 Stewball
22 Stackolee
23 John Henry
24 Going Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
25 Talking Sailor
26 Philadelphia Lawyer
27 Hard Travelin'
28 Jesus Christ
29 The Sinking of the Reuben James
30 Pretty Boy Floyd
31 Gypsy Davy
32 Little Darling Pal Of Mine
33 What Did the Deep Sea Say?
34 Grand Coulee Dam
35 Chisholm Trail
36 Put My Little Shoes Away
37 Nine Hundred Miles
38 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
39 My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)
40 I'm Gonna Join That One Big Union (You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union)
41 Do You Ever Think of Me (aka At My Window)
42 Harriet Tubman's Ballad, Part 1
43 Harriet Tubman's Ballad, Part 2
44 You Can Hear My Whistle Blow
45 You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union
46 Train Breakdown
47 Guitar Breakdown
48 Rain Crow Bill
49 Guitar Blues
50 Sonny's Flight
51 Square Dance Medley
52 Hangnot, Slipnot
53 Going Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way) 2
54 Bad Repetation
55 Stackolee/John Hardy Medley (Bonus Track)
2 The Ludlow Massacre
3 Sally Don't You Grieve
4 Tear the Facists Down
5 When the Yanks Go Marching In
6 Union Burying Ground
7 Gonna Roll the Union On
8 Poor Boy
9 Worried Man Blues
10 Guitar Rag
11 A Picture from Life's Other Side
12 Buffalo Skinners
13 Ain't Nobody's Business
14 Stepstone
15 Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
16 Hard, Ain't It Hard
17 Brown's Ferry Blues
18 More Pretty Girls Than One
19 Bile Them Cabbage Down
20 Danville Girl
21 Stewball
22 Stackolee
23 John Henry
24 Going Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
25 Talking Sailor
26 Philadelphia Lawyer
27 Hard Travelin'
28 Jesus Christ
29 The Sinking of the Reuben James
30 Pretty Boy Floyd
31 Gypsy Davy
32 Little Darling Pal Of Mine
33 What Did the Deep Sea Say?
34 Grand Coulee Dam
35 Chisholm Trail
36 Put My Little Shoes Away
37 Nine Hundred Miles
38 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
39 My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)
40 I'm Gonna Join That One Big Union (You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union)
41 Do You Ever Think of Me (aka At My Window)
42 Harriet Tubman's Ballad, Part 1
43 Harriet Tubman's Ballad, Part 2
44 You Can Hear My Whistle Blow
45 You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union
46 Train Breakdown
47 Guitar Breakdown
48 Rain Crow Bill
49 Guitar Blues
50 Sonny's Flight
51 Square Dance Medley
52 Hangnot, Slipnot
53 Going Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way) 2
54 Bad Repetation
55 Stackolee/John Hardy Medley (Bonus Track)
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