Quand j'Aⓒtais chez mon pA¨re,
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apprenti pastoureau,
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il m'a mis dans la lande,
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pour garder les troupiaux.
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Troupiaux, troupiaux,
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je n'en avais guA¨re.
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Troupiaux, troupiaux,
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je n'en avais biaux.
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Mais je n'en avais guA¨re,
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je n'avais qu'trois agneaux;
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et le loup de la plaine
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m'a mangAⓒ la plus biau.
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Troupiaux, troupiaux, ...
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Il Aⓒtait si vorace
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n'a laissAⓒ que la piau,
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n'a laissAⓒ que la queue,
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pour mettre A? mon chapiau.
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Troupiaux, troupiaux, ...
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Mais des os de la bAªte
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me fis un chalumiau
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pour jouer A? la fAªte,
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A? la fAªt' du hamiau.
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Troupiaux, troupiaux, ...
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Pour fair' danser l'village,
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dessous le grandormiau,
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et les jeun's et les vieilles,
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les pieds dan les sabiots.
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Troupiaux, troupiaux, ...
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[English translation:]
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When I lived with my father
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as an apprentice shepherd,
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he sent me to the moor
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to look after the sheep.
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Sheep, sheep,
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I had but a few.
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Sheep, sheep,
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I had none that were bonny.
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No, I had but a few,
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I had but three lambs;
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and the wolf from the plain
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ate the finest of those.
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Sheep, sheep, ...
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He was so ravenous
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he left only the pelt,
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he left only the tail
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to put on my hat.
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Sheep, sheep, ...
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But the bones of the animal
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made me pipe
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to play at the fair,
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at the village fair.
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Sheep, sheep, ...
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So the village could dance
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beneath the great elm,
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young women and old
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with clogs on their feet.
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Sheep, sheep, ...
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Quand J'Aⓒtais Chez Mon PA¨re
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| Sarah Brightman |
