Woody Guthrie - Washington Talkin' Blues (Remastered) - translation of the lyrics into French

Lyrics and translation Woody Guthrie - Washington Talkin' Blues (Remastered)




Washington Talkin' Blues (Remastered)
Washington Talkin' Blues (Remastered)
Long about nineteen twentynine.
Vers 1929.
I owned a little farm, was a doin′ just fine.
J'avais une petite ferme, tout allait bien.
Raised a little row crop raised some wheat
J'ai cultivé un peu de maïs, un peu de blé,
Sold it over at the county seat,
Je l'ai vendu au siège du comté,
Drawed the money. Raised a family.
J'ai récupéré l'argent. J'ai élevé une famille.
But the dust came along, and the price went down,
Mais la poussière est arrivée, et le prix a baissé,
Didn't have the money when the bank come around;
Je n'avais pas l'argent quand la banque est arrivée ;
Tumble weeds and the black dust blowed,
Les herbes vagabondes et la poussière noire soufflaient,
So we hit the trail to the land where the waters floed,
Alors on a pris la route pour la terre les eaux coulaient,
Way out across yonder somewhere.
Là-bas, quelque part.
Well, the hot old rocks and the desert sand
Eh bien, les vieilles pierres chaudes et le sable du désert
Made my mind run back to the dust bowl land,
Me ramenaient à la terre de la poussière,
But my hopes was high and we rolled along
Mais mon espoir était élevé et on a roulé
To the Columbia River up in Washington.
Vers la rivière Columbia, dans l'État de Washington.
Lots of good rain, Little piece of land. Feller might grow something.
Beaucoup de bonne pluie, un petit bout de terre. On pourrait peut-être faire pousser quelque chose.
We settled down on some cut over land
On s'est installés sur une terre défrichée,
Pulled up brush and the stumps by hand.
On a arraché les buissons et les souches à la main.
Hot sun burnt up my first crop of wheat
Le soleil brûlant a brûlé ma première récolte de blé
And the river down the canyon just 500 feet.
Et la rivière en bas du canyon à seulement 500 pieds.
Might as we of been 50 miles. Couldn′t get no water.
On aurait pu être à 50 miles. On n'arrivait pas à avoir de l'eau.
We loaded our belongings and we lit out for town
On a chargé nos affaires et on est partis pour la ville
Seen the old vacant houses and farms all around,
On a vu les vieilles maisons et fermes vacantes tout autour,
And folks a leaving out, if you're asking me
Et les gens partaient, si tu me demandes,
That's as lonesome as sight as a feller can see.
C'est aussi solitaire que ce que l'on peut voir.
Good land. Grow anything you plant, long as you can get the moisture.
Bonne terre. On peut tout faire pousser, tant qu'on peut avoir l'humidité.
I struck a lumber town and heard the big saw sing,
Je suis tombé sur une ville forestière et j'ai entendu le chant de la grande scie,
And when business is good, why lumber′s king;
Et quand les affaires sont bonnes, eh bien le bois est roi ;
I went to lookin′ for a job but the man said no,
Je suis allé chercher du travail, mais l'homme a dit non,
So we hit the skids on the old skid row.
Alors on a été mis au ban de la société sur la vieille Skid Row.
Traipsing up and down. Chasing a bite to eat. Kids hungry
On arpentait. On cherchait à manger. Les enfants avaient faim.
Heard about a job, so we hit the wheat
J'ai entendu parler d'un travail, alors on est allé dans le blé
Made about enough for the kids to eat,
On a gagné à peu près assez pour que les enfants puissent manger,
Picked in the berries, gathered in the fruit,
On a cueilli des baies, récolté des fruits,
Hops, peaches, and the apples, too.
Du houblon, des pêches, et des pommes aussi.
Slept in just about everything except a good warm bed.
On a dormi dans à peu près tout sauf dans un bon lit chaud.
Been to Arizona, been to California, too,
J'ai été en Arizona, j'ai été en Californie aussi,
Found the people was plenty but the jobs was few;
J'ai trouvé que les gens étaient nombreux, mais les emplois étaient rares ;
Well maybe it's like the feller said,
Eh bien, peut-être que c'est comme le gars a dit,
When they ain′t enough arok, well, business is dead,
Quand il n'y a pas assez de travail, eh bien, les affaires sont mortes,
Sorta ailin'. Ain′t no money a changin' hands, just people changing places. Folks wastin gasoline a′chasin' around.
C'est en quelque sorte malade. L'argent ne change pas de mains, ce sont les gens qui changent de place. Les gens gaspillent de l'essence à courir partout.
Now what we need is a great big dam
Maintenant, ce dont on a besoin, c'est d'un grand barrage
To throw a lot of water out acrost that land,
Pour faire couler beaucoup d'eau sur cette terre,
People could work and the stuff would grow
Les gens pourraient travailler et les choses pousseraient
And you could wave goodbye to the old Skid Row
Et tu pourrais dire au revoir à la vieille Skid Row
Work hard, raise all kinds of stuff, kids, too. Take it easy.
Travailler dur, cultiver toutes sortes de choses, les enfants aussi. Prendre les choses doucement.





Writer(s): WOODY GUTHRIE

Woody Guthrie - 100 - 100 Original Tracks (Remastered)
Album
100 - 100 Original Tracks (Remastered)
date of release
25-04-2013

1 Little Black Train (Remastered)
2 House Of The Rising Sun (Remastered)
3 Ramblin' Blues (Remastered)
4 Tom Joad, Pt. 2 (Remastered)
5 Stewball (Remastered)
6 Gypsy Davy (Remastered)
7 Tom Joad, Pt. 1 (Remastered)
8 Pastures Of Plenty (Remastered)
9 Dust Pneumonia Blues (Remastered)
10 Columbia's Waters (Remastered)
11 I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore (Remastered)
12 Hobo's Lullaby (Remastered)
13 Hey Lolly Lolly (Remastered)
14 Hard Travelin' (Remastered)
15 Lost John (Remastered)
16 Ludlow Massacre (Remastered)
17 Miner's Song (Remastered)
18 Talking Dust Bowl Blues (Remastered)
19 Vigilante Man (Remastered)
20 So Long It's Been Good to Know You (Remastered)
21 Skip to My Lou (Remastered)
22 John Henry (Remastered)
23 Jackhammer Blues (Remastered)
24 Take a Whiff On Me (Remastered)
25 Springfield Mountain (Remastered)
26 Ranger's Command (Remastered)
27 Ramblin' Round (Remastered)
28 Put My Little Shoes Away (Remastered)
29 The Great Dust Storm (Remastered)
30 Pretty Boy Floyd (Remastered)
31 Sinking Of The Reuben James (Remastered)
32 Ship In The Sky (Remastered)
33 Grand Coulee Dam (Remastered)
34 Sally Goodin' (Remastered)
35 Danville Girl (Remastered)
36 Ezekiel Saw The Wheel (Remastered)
37 Cumberland Gap (Remastered)
38 Poor Boy (Remastered)
39 Columbus Stockade (Remastered)
40 Philadelphia Lawyer (Remastered)
41 Better World A-Comin' (Remastered)
42 Oregon Trail (Remastered)
43 Dirty Overalls (Remastered)
44 More Pretty Girls Than One (Remastered)
45 Car Song (Remastered)
46 Bury Me Beneath The Willow (Remastered)
47 Bed On the Floor (Remastered)
48 End of the Line (Remastered)
49 Hang Knot (Remastered)
50 Dust Bowl Blues (Remastered)
51 Washington Talkin' Blues (Remastered)
52 Roll On Columbia (Remastered)
53 Do Re Mi (Remastered)
54 Get Along Little Doggies (Remastered)
55 Baltimore To Washington (Remastered)
56 End of My Line (Remastered)
57 Buffalo Skinners (Remastered)
58 Blowin' Down the Road - I Ain't Going To Be Treated This Way (Remastered)
59 Brown Eyes (Remastered)
60 Jesus Christ (Remastered)
61 Blowing Down the Road (Remastered)
62 This Land Is Your Land (Remastered)
63 Dust Can't Kill Me (Remastered)
64 Dusty Old Dust - So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Remastered)
65 Old Time Religion (Remastered)
66 Two Good Men - Sacco and Vanzetti (Remastered)
67 Talking Columbia (Remastered)
68 The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (Remastered)
69 A Dollar Down (Remastered)
70 Dead or Alive - Poor Lazarus (Remastered)
71 Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done (Remastered)
72 Bad Lee Brown (Remastered)
73 Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way (Remastered)
74 Greenback Dollar (Remastered)
75 New Found Land (Remastered)
76 Dust Bowl Refugee (Remastered)
77 Railroad Blues (Remastered)
78 Lonesome Day (Remastered)
79 Johnny Hard (Remastered)
80 Howjadoo (Remastered)
81 Danville Girl, Pt. 2 (Remastered)
82 Who's Going to Show Your Pretty Feet (Remastered)
83 Hard Ain't It Hard (Remastered)
84 Struggle Blues (Remastered)
85 Sourwood Mountain (Remastered)
86 Rubber Dolly (Remastered)
87 Ride Old Paint (Remastered)
88 Boll Weevil Song (Remastered)
89 Roll Columbia. Roll (Remastered)
90 Boll Weevil Blues (Remastered)
91 Old Joe Clark (Remastered)
92 Song of the Coulee Dam (Remastered)
93 It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song (Remastered)
94 Cowboy Waltz (Remastered)
95 Lost Train Blues (Remastered)
96 Foggy Mountain Top (Remastered)
97 Beaumont Rag (Remastered)
98 Texas Oil Field (Remastered)
99 Rye Whiskey (Remastered)
100 Crand Coulee Dam (Remastered)

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