Dalida
The Lambeth Walk lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:40
Bonjour Dalida
Hello Dalida
Bonjour
Hello
Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais?
But what are you doing?
Je danse
I'm dancing
Tu danses? Le foxtrot, la polka?
You're dancing? The foxtrot, the polka?
Non, non, je danse Le Lambeth Walk
No, no, I'm dancing The Lambeth Walk
Quoi?
What?
Le Lambeth Walk
The Lambeth Walk
Hé
Hey
Quand on feuilletait naguère
When we used to flip through
Dans les greniers de nos grands-mères
In the attics of our grandmothers
On découvrait des tas d'objets
We discovered heaps of objects
Qu'on appelait nids à poussière
That we called dust nests
Mais ma grand-mère à moi
But my grandmother, you see
Dans son grenier, possède un tas
In her attic, has a pile
De bons vieux disques sympathiques
Of good old friendly records
Et un phono mécanique
And a mechanical phonograph
Un p'tit coup de manivelle
A little turn of the crank
Et j'entends des ritournelles
And I hear catchy tunes
Des airs qui chantent
Melodies that sing
Les folles années trente
The crazy thirties
Hé
Hey
Des charlestons, des rumbas
Charlestons, rumbas
Des béguines et des javas
Beguines and javas
Et moi je danse
And me, I dance
Les danses d'autrefois
The dances of yesteryear
Hé
Hey
Mais celle que je préfère
But the one I prefer
Nous venait d'Angleterre
Came to us from England
Écoutez-moi ce swing
Listen to this swing
God save the King
Quand on voulait la danser
When we wanted to dance it
Il suffisait de marcher
All it took was to walk
Le Lambeth Walk
The Lambeth Walk
C'était pas compliqué
It wasn't complicated
Hé
Hey
Hé
Hey
Hé
Hey
J'ai l'impression bizarre
I have a strange feeling
De faire danser l'histoire
Of making history dance
De revenir au temps de Grand-Maman
To return to Grandma's time
Quand on voulait la danser
When we wanted to dance
Il suffisait de marcher
You just had to walk
Le Lambeth Walk
The Lambeth Walk
C'était pas compliqué
It wasn't complicated
Hé
Eh
Toute seule dans mon grenier
All alone in my attic
Moi je l'ai ressuscité
I've brought it back to life
Le Lambeth Walk
The Lambeth Walk
C'était pas compliqué
It wasn't complicated
Hé
Hey
Voici mon phonographe
Here is my phonograph
Messieurs les chorégraphes
Ladies and gentlemen, the choreographers
Écoutez-moi ce swing
Listen to my swing
God save the Queen
Un p'tit coup de manivelle
A little turn of the crank
Et j'entend des ritournelles
And I hear the jingles
Des airs qui chantent
Melodies that sing
Les folles années trente
The wild thirties
Hé
Hey
Toute seule dans mon grenier
All alone in my attic
Moi je l'ai ressuscité
I brought him back to life
Le Lambeth Walk
The Lambeth Walk
C'était pas compliqué
It wasn't complicated
Hé
Hey
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Key vocabulary
- temps
- timeA1
- vieux
- oldA1
- voici
- hereA1
- bonjour
- helloA1
- est-ce
- is it
- fais
- doA1
- compliqué
- complexA1
- danse
- danceA1
- danser
- danceA1
- danses
- dancesA1
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About this song
Dalida was a French singer and actress of Egyptian origin, associated with French pop and disco. She is known for chart records such as the long run of “Bambino” and for “J’attendrai,” the first disco hit with French lyrics.