Sarah Brightman – Quand Jtais Chez Mon Pre

Quand j’¨¦tais chez mon p¨¨re,
apprenti pastoureau,
il m’a mis dans la lande,
pour garder les troupiaux.
Troupiaux, troupiaux,
je n’en avais gu¨¨re.
Troupiaux, troupiaux,
je n’en avais biaux.
Mais je n’en avais gu¨¨re,
je n’avais qu’trois agneaux;
et le loup de la plaine
m’a mang¨¦ la plus biau.
Troupiaux, troupiaux, …
Il ¨¦tait si vorace
n’a laiss¨¦ que la piau,
n’a laiss¨¦ que la queue,
pour mettre ¨¤ mon chapiau.
Troupiaux, troupiaux, …
Mais des os de la b¨ºte
me fis un chalumiau
pour jouer ¨¤ la f¨ºte,
¨¤ la f¨ºt’ du hamiau.
Troupiaux, troupiaux, …
Pour fair’ danser l’village,
dessous le grandormiau,
et les jeun’s et les vieilles,
les pieds dan les sabiots.
Troupiaux, troupiaux, …
When I lived with my father
When I lived with my father
as an apprentice shepherd,
he sent me to the moor
to look after the sheep.
Sheep, sheep,
I had but a few.
Sheep, sheep,
I had none that were bonny.
No, I had but a few,
I had but three lambs;
and the wolf from the plain
ate the finest of those.
Sheep, sheep, …
He was so ravenous
he left only the pelt,
he left only the tail
to put on my hat.
Sheep, sheep, …
But the bones of the animal
made me pipe
to play at the fair,
at the village fair.
Sheep, sheep, …
So the village could dance
beneath the great elm,
young women and old
with clogs on their feet.
Sheep, sheep, …