Paroles et traduction Jean Sablon - Le fiacre

Le fiacre

Un fiacre allait, trottinant,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Un fiacre allait, trottinant,
Jaune, avec un cocher blanc.

Derrièr' les stores baissés,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Derrièr' les stores baissés
On entendait des baisers.

Puis un' voix disant: " Léon!
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Puis un' voix disant: " Léon!
Pour ... causer, ôt' ton lorgnon!"

Un vieux monsieur qui passait,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Un vieux monsieur qui passait,
S'écri': "Mais on dirait qu'c'est

Ma femme avec un quidam!
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Ma femme avec un quidam! "
I' s'lanc' sur le macadam'.

Mais i' gliss' su' l' sol mouillé,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Mais i' gliss' su' l' sol mouillé,
Crac! il est écrabouillé.

Du fiacre un' dam' sort et dit:
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Du fiacre un' dam' sort et dit:
"Chouett', Léon! C'est mon mari!

Y a plus besoin d' nous cacher,
Cahin, caha,
Hu, dia, hop là!
Y a plus besoin d' nous cacher.
Donn' donc cent sous au cocher! "

The Hansom Cab

A hansom cab was trotting along,
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
A hansom cab was trotting along,
Yellow, with a cabbie in white.

Behind the lowered blinds,
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
Behind the lowered blinds
One could hear kisses.

Then a voice saying: "Leon!
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
Then a voice saying: "Leon!
To ... chat, take off your monocle!"

An old gentleman who was passing by,
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
An old gentleman who was passing by,
Cried out: "Well, I do declare, it's

My wife with some shady character!
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
My wife with some shady character!
He lunged onto the asphalt.

But he slipped on the wet ground,
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
But he slipped on the wet ground,
Crack! He was flattened.

A lady exited the cab and said:
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
A lady exited the cab and said:
"Hooray, Leon! It's my husband!

There's no need for us to hide anymore,
Hobble-de-hoy,
Whoa, there, giddy-up!
There's no need for us to hide anymore.
Give the cabbie a hundred francs!