Below is the lyrics of the song Joseph , artist - Georges Moustaki, Georges with translation
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Georges Moustaki, Georges
Voilà c’que c’est, mon vieux Joseph
Que d’avoir pris la plus jolie
Parmi les filles de Galilée
Celle qu’on appelait Marie
Tu aurais pu, mon vieux Joseph
Prendre Sarah ou Déborah
Et rien ne serait arrivé
Mais tu as préféré Marie
Tu aurais pu, mon vieux Joseph
Rester chez toi, tailler ton bois
Plutôt que d’aller t’exiler
Et te cacher avec Marie
Tu aurais pu, mon vieux Joseph
Faire des petits avec Marie
Et leur apprendre ton métier
Comme ton père te l’avait appris
Pourquoi a-t-il fallu, Joseph
Que ton enfant, cet innocent
Ait eu ces étranges idées
Qui ont tant fait pleurer Marie?
Parfois je pense à toi, Joseph
Mon pauvre ami, lorsque l’on rit
De toi qui n’avais demandé
Qu'à vivre heureux avec Marie
That's what it is, my old Joseph
Than to have taken the prettiest
Among the Daughters of Galilee
The one we called Mary
You could have, my old Joseph
Take Sarah or Deborah
And nothing would have happened
But you preferred Mary
You could have, my old Joseph
Stay home, carve your wood
Rather than going into exile
And hide with Mary
You could have, my old Joseph
Make babies with Mary
And teach them your trade
As your father taught you
Why did Joseph have to
That your child, this innocent
Had these strange ideas
Who made Marie cry so much?
Sometimes I think of you, Joseph
My poor friend, when we laugh
Of you who never asked
Than to live happily with Mary
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