Paroles et traduction Maurice Chevalier - Il pleurait

Il pleurait

Il arriva au monde un jour de pluie
Pendant qu' sa mère épluchait des oignons
C'est pour cela que plus tard dans la vie
Dans toutes les grandes occasions

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Il Pleurait comme une Madeleine
Il Pleurait, pleurait, pleurait
Il Pleurait comme une fontaine
Toutes les larmes de son corps y passaient
Oh la la la la, quel cafard!
Oh la la la la, quel cafard!

Comme il avait du goût pour les études
Par protection, quand il eut cinquante ans
Il décrocha le prix d'exactitude
Mais au lieu d'être content

{Au Refrain}

Pour applaudir le plus grand des comiques
Au cinéma, tout Paris s'entassait
Il alla voir ce phénomène unique
Mais quand tout l' monde rigolait (ah ah ah!)

{Au Refrain}

Un soir d' hiver, une belle hétaïre
Folle d' amour, lui offrit tsout, tsout, tsout
Il la r'garda, puis d'un coup,
Sans rien dire, il prit les jambes à son cou

{Au Refrain}

Désespéré de se voir aussi triste
Il alla voir un docteur en renom
Quand il apprit, par ce grand spécialiste,
Le jour de sa guérison

{Au Refrain}

He Was Crying

He came into the world on a rainy day
While his mother was peeling onions
That's why later in life
On all great occasions

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He was crying like a Magdalene
He cried, he cried, he cried
He was crying like a fountain
Every tear in his body passed through it
Oh la la la la, what a bummer!
Oh la la la la, what a bummer!

As he had a taste for studies
For protection, when he was fifty
He was awarded the prize for accuracy
But instead of being happy

{To Chorus}

To applaud the greatest of comedians
At the cinema, all of Paris crowded together
He went to see this unique phenomenon
But when everyone was laughing (ah ah ah!)

{To Chorus}

One winter evening, a beautiful courtesan
Madly in love, offered him some nookie
He looked at her, then all of a sudden,
Without saying anything, he took to his heels

{To Chorus}

Despairing to see himself so sad
He went to see a renowned doctor
When he learned, from this great specialist,
The day of his cure

{To Chorus}