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Les Tomates lyrics with English translation

Language

French

Level

Intermediate

Released

1993

Genre

Pop

Length

3:35

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1. Ch'est un pauv' garchon

   It's a poor boy

2. Qui s'app'lot Edmond

   Who goes by the name Edmond

3. I étot des corons

   He was from the coal mines

4. Du côté d'Fouquières

   Over near Fouquières

5. I in avot assez

   He had enough

6. Après ses journées

   After his long days

7. D'aller travailler

   Of going to work

8. Dins l'gardin d'sin père

   In his father's garden

9. Pour s'in échapper

   To escape

10. I s'dit J'vas m'marier

    He says I'm going to get married

11. Ch'a été vit' fait

    It happened quickly

12. I étot pas vilain

    I wasn't bad-looking

13. All' étot bellotte

    She was quite lovely

14. Un p'tit peu lolotte

    Just a little silly

15. Mais pour la popotte

    But when it came to cooking

16. All' n'y connaîchot rien

    She knew nothing at all

17. I mingeot des tomates

    She ate tomatoes

18. Des tomates, des tomates

    Tomatoes, tomatoes

19. Et ch'pauv' garchon

    And poor boy

20. I savot bien

    He knew well

21. Qu'i étot marqué par le destin

    What was marked by destiny

22. Mais i s'disot

    But he said

23. Pour se fair' eun' raison

    To make himself a reason

24. Ch'aurot pu êt' la saison des melons

    That could have been the season of melons

25. Cha d'vot arriver

    That had to happen

26. Il a tout plaqué

    He left everything behind

27. I s'in est allé

    He went away

28. Pou' trouver l'bonheur

    To find happiness

29. Ch'est à Carpentras

    It’s in Carpentras

30. Qu'un jour i trouva

    That one day he found

31. Quéqu'quoss' qui étot pas

    What was it that wasn't

32. Sin métier d'mineur

    Without the miner's trade

33. Dins ces pays là

    In those countries

34. In réclam' des bras

    They demand hands

35. Faut dir' que ch'est pas

    I must say it's not

36. L'boulot qui les tue

    The work that kills them

37. Du matin au soir

    From morning till night

38. Comme un vrai bagnard

    Like a true prisoner

39. I étot sus l'trimard

    He was on the downward path

40. I n'in pouvot plus

    He could no longer take it

41. Des tomates, des tomates

    Tomatoes, tomatoes

42. Et ch'pauv' garchon

    And poor boy

43. I savot bien

    I know well

44. Qu'i étot marqué

    That he was marked

45. Par le destin

    By destiny

46. Mais i s'disot

    But he would say

47. Pour se fair' eun' raison

    To give himself a reason

48. Ch'aurot pu êt' la saison des melons

    It could've been the melon season

49. Il avot, ma foi

    He had, my faith

50. Un biau filet d'voix

    A beautiful voice.

51. Alors ch'est pour cha

    So it's for this

52. Qu'i voulut canter

    That he wanted to sing

53. I apprit des canchons

    He learned some songs

54. Sos s'n'accordéon

    Under his accordion

55. Les microsillons

    The vinyl records

56. Cha l'faisot rêver

    This made him dream

57. I veyot déjà

    He already saw

58. Paris, l'Olympia

    Paris, the Olympia

59. Rimplachant sus l'tas

    Replacing on the pile

60. Johnny Hallyday

    Johnny Hallyday

61. Mais l'jour qu'i canta

    But the day he sang

62. Dns l'vieux cinéma

    In the old cinema

63. Alors i arriva

    Then he arrived

64. Ch'qu'i devot arriver

    Just as he was meant to arrive

65. I pleuvot des tomates

    It rained tomatoes

66. Des tomates, des tomates

    Tomatoes, tomatoes

67. Et ch'pauv' garchon

    And that poor boy

68. I savot bien

    He knew well

69. Qu'i étot marqué

    That he was marked

70. Par le destin

    By fate

71. Mais i s'disot

    But he would say

72. Pour se fair' eun' raison

    To make some sense of it

73. Ch'aurot pu êt' la saison des melons

    To be the season of melons

74. A tout's les misères

    To all the miseries

75. Qu'il a eu sur terre

    That he faced on earth

76. I a pas pu s'y faire

    He couldn't come to terms with it

77. I a pas résisté

    He couldn't resist

78. Et ch'est à Fouquières

    And it's in Fouquières

79. Tout près d'sin grand-père

    Right near his grandfather

80. Dins le vieux cim'tière

    In the old cemetery

81. Qu'il étot enterré

    That he was buried

82. Ch'est par amitié

    It's out of friendship

83. Qu'l'aut' jour in a s'mé

    That other day we shared

84. Des bell's tchiot's pinsées

    Some beautiful little thoughts

85. I les aimot tant

    I loved them so much

86. Quind in est r'tourné

    When he came back

87. Deux, tros mos après

    Two, three months later

88. In est tous restés

    We all stayed

89. Comme deux ronds d'flan

    Like two circles of flan

90. I poussot des tomates

    He was growing tomatoes

91. Des tomates, des tomates

    Tomatoes, tomatoes

92. Et ch'pauv' garchon

    And poor boy

93. I savot bien

    I know well

94. Qu'i étot marqué

    That he was marked

95. Par le destin

    By fate

96. Mais in s'disot

    But he tells himself

97. Pour se fair' eun' raison

    To find a reason

98. Ch'aurot pu êt' la saison des melons

    It could have been the season of melons

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