Lyrics and translation Wynton Marsalis - In the House of Laberriere

In the House of Laberriere

Dans la maison de Laberriere

Viva, viva, viva, viva AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva Africa

Welcome to Africa

Bienvenue en Afrique

Everyday is a struggle,

Chaque jour est une lutte,

Every night in my bedI wake up to the morning, when love comes mywayIn my dreams I am praying,

Chaque nuit dans mon litJe me réveille au matin, quand l'amour vient à moiDans mes rêves je prie,

Love won't pass me byI am running breathlessly,

L'amour ne me laissera pas passerJe cours sans souffle,

I am gasping for airBut I still believeViva,

J'étouffeMais je crois toujoursViva,

Viva, viva, viva AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva AfricaWelcome to AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva Africa

Viva, viva, viva AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva AfricaBienvenue en AfriqueViva, viva, viva, viva Africa

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom

Liberté, liberté, liberté, liberté

Viva, viva, viva, viva Africa

See life is a game,

Vois, la vie est un jeu,

We win or we loseAnd God is a referee

On gagne ou on perdEt Dieu est un arbitre

And we are His toolsAt times we play fair to achieve our goalsBear in mind that defeat

Et nous sommes ses outilsParfois, on joue juste pour atteindre nos objectifsN'oublie pas que la défaite

Is not weaknessBut a blessing to learn, knowledge to earn,

N'est pas une faiblesseMais une bénédiction pour apprendre, des connaissances à gagner,

Oh AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva AfricaViva, viva, viva, viva Africa

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom

Liberté, liberté, liberté, liberté

Viva, viva, viva, viva Africa

I thank GodStruggle, struggleStruggle, struggle

Je remercie DieuLutte, lutteLutte, lutte

It don't reach time,

Ça n'atteint pas le temps,

We suppose to uniteOyibo,

On est censé s'unirOyibo,

Black ye and you know no fightNa high time we suppose to uniteYe black

Noir toi et tu ne connais pas le combatC'est le moment où on est censé s'unirToi noir

Ye yellow, ye know no fightEya, this is only formy fingersIn want commot,

Toi jaune, tu ne connais pas le combatEya, c'est juste pour mes doigtsJe veux sortir,

The wahala the worldYeah,

Le wahala du mondeOui,

Welcome to Africa

Bienvenue en Afrique

Viva, viva, viva, viva Africa

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Writer(s): Wynton Marsalis

Album

Swingin' Into The 21st

date of release

09-08-1999

1 I'll Remember April - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1994
2 Rosewood - Alternate Take
3 In the House of Laberriere
4 If I Hold On - Voice
5 To Higher Ground
6 Fire in the Night - Instrumental
7 Dark Heart Beat - Instrumental
8 After the Dead - Instrumental
9 Morning Song - Instrumental
10 Eyes Around the Corner - Instrumental
11 Sunday Blessing - Instrumental
12 Sylvester's Rag - Instrumental
13 Sing On
14 Marciac Fun
15 Loose Duck
16 For My Kids at the Collège of Marciac
17 Jean-Louis Is Everywhere
18 The Caboose
19 Station Call
20 Sleeper Car
21 Bullet Train
22 Engine
23 Night Train
24 Dining Car
25 Northbound-Southbound
26 Smokestack Shuffle
27 Union Pacific Big Boy
28 Observation Car
29 All Aboard
30 In Walked Monk
31 Buggy Ride - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1994
32 Happy Feet Blues - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1993
33 Juba and A O'Brown Squaw - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1994
34 Local Announcements - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1994
35 Sunflowers
36 B is for Boussaget (and Bass)
37 Guy Lafitte
38 D'Artagnan
39 Marciac Moon
40 Armagnac Dreams
41 Mademoiselle D'Gascony
42 The Big Top
43 Welcome #1 - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY
44 Go, Possum, Go - Instrumental
45 Porch Whiskey - Instrumental
46 Gentler Times - Instrumental
47 Elgin Mills - Instrumental
48 All Rise: Movement 8: The Halls of Erudition & Scholarship
49 All Rise: Movement 12: I Am (Don't You Run From Me)
50 All Rise: Movement 11: Saturday Night Slow Drag
51 All Rise: Movement 10: Expressbrown Local
52 All Rise: Movement 9: El 'Gran' Baile de la Reina
53 All Rise: Movement 7: Look Beyond
54 All Rise: Movement 6: Cried, Shouted, Then Sung
55 All Rise: Movement 5: Save Us
56 All Rise: Movement 4: Wild Strumming of Fiddle
57 All Rise: Movement 3: Go Slow (But Don't Stop)
58 All Rise: Movement 2: A Hundred and a Hundred, a Hundred and Twelve
59 All Rise: Movement 1: Jubal Step
60 Flee as a Bird to the Mountain - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1993
61 Embraceable You - Live
62 The Cat In the Hat Is Back - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - March 1990 & July 1991
63 Gossipin' Hens - Instrumental
64 Smokehouse Blues
65 Dead Man Blues
66 Sidewalk Blues
67 Ghost Story: Celebration
68 Ghost Story: Introduction
69 Ghost Story: Acknowledgment
70 Ghost Story: Tango
71 Ghost Story: Recognition and Reconciliation
72 Ghost Story: Second Blues
73 Ghost Story: Awakening
74 Sweet Release: Home: Beyond This Rage
75 Sweet Release: Home: Give Me Your Hand
76 Sweet Release: Street: Make Room For Me
77 Sweet Release: Church Basement: Party
78 Sweet Release: Church: Renewing Vows
79 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Hellbound Highball
80 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Rampart St. Row House Rag
81 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Blue Lights on the Bayou
82 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Many Gone
83 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Creole Contradanzas
84 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Mating Calls & Delta Rhythms
85 At the Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 *: Come Long Fiddler
86 Misterioso - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - March 1990 & July 1991
87 Green Chimneys
88 Ugly Beauty
89 Brake's Sake
90 Let's Cool One
91 Hackensack
92 Reflections
93 Four In One
94 Worry Later
95 Monk's Mood
96 We See
97 Evidence
98 Thelonious
99 Brilliant Corners
100 Reflections - Live at Village Vanguard, New York, NY - December 1994
101 A Fiddler's Tale: The Blues on Top
102 A Fiddler's Tale: Part 1. Narrator: "It always starts..."
103 A Fiddler's Tale: Little Chorale
104 A Fiddler's Tale: Narrator: "The music was too strong..."
105 A Fiddler's Tale: Devil's Dance
106 A Fiddler's Tale: Narrator: "The music causes the Savior"
107 A Fiddler's Tale: Tango, Waltz, Ragtime
108 A Fiddler's Tale: Narrator: "Musicians, you must play..."
109 A Fiddler's Tale: Little Concert Piece
110 A Fiddler's Tale: Scene 5. Narrator: "The illness of the land..."
111 A Fiddler's Tale: Happy March
112 A Fiddler's Tale: Part 2 Scene 4. Narrator: "keeping on hundred dollars...
113 A Fiddler's Tale: Fiddlers Soul Reprise
114 A Fiddler's Tale: Devil: "More words on fame"
115 A Fiddler's Tale: Pastorale
116 A Fiddler's Tale: Scene 3. Narrator: "Beatrice Connors is now..."
117 A Fiddler's Tale: Reprise 2 (End of March)
118 A Fiddler's Tale: Scene 2. Narrator: "Now that he has her going..."
119 A Fiddler's Tale: Fiddler's March Reprise
120 A Fiddler's Tale: Narrator: "She's Floating on a dream cloud..."
121 A Fiddler's Tale: Fiddler's Soul
122 A Fiddler's Tale: Scene 1. Narrator: "Her Name is Beatrice Connors."
123 A Fiddler's Tale: Fiddler's March
124 A Fiddler's Tale: The Devil's Song (BZB Speaks)
125 A Fiddler's Tale: The Great Chorale
126 A Fiddler's Tale: Narrator: "But Beatrice Connors..."
127 Cherokee - Live
128 Rattlesnake Tail Swing - Instrumental
129 I Hear a Knockin' (solo) - Voice
130 I Hear a Knockin' (Quartet) - Voice
131 Mr. Mann - Instrumental
132 Tom Cat Blues
133 Black Bottom Stomp
134 Courthouse Bump
135 Billy Goat Stomp
136 Big Lip Blues
137 Jungle Blues
138 Mamanita
139 The Pearls
140 King Porter Stomp
141 New Orleans Bump
142 Red Hot Pepper
143 Deep Creek
144 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: The Blues on Top
145 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: Big Chorale
146 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: The Devil's Dance
147 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: Tango, Waltz, Ragtime
148 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: Concert Piece
149 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: Happy March
150 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: A Fiddler's Soul
151 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: The Fiddler's March
152 A Fiddler's Tale Suite: Pastorale

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