La Fiacre (The Cab Song) - Jean Sablon

Un fiacre allait, trottinant,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Un fiacre allait, trottinant,

Jaune, avec un cocher blanc.

Derrièr' les stores baissés,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Derrièr' les stores baissés

On entendait des baisers.

Puis un' voix disant: «Léon !

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Puis un' voix disant: «Léon !

Pour … causer, ôt' ton lorgnon !»

Un vieux monsieur qui passait,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Un vieux monsieur qui passait,

S'écri': «Mais on dirait qu’c’est

Ma femme avec un quidam !

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Ma femme avec un quidam !

«I' s’lanc' sur le macadam'.

Mais i' gliss' su' l' sol mouillé,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Mais i' gliss' su' l' sol mouillé,

Crac !

il est écrabouillé.

Du fiacre un' dam' sort et dit:

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Du fiacre un' dam' sort et dit:

«Chouett', Léon !

C’est mon mari !

Y a plus besoin d' nous cacher,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop là !

Y a plus besoin d' nous cacher.

Donn' donc cent sous au cocher !

"

A horse-drawn carriage went trotting along,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

A horse-drawn carriage went trotting along,

Yellow, with a white tick.

Behind the lowered blinds,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

Behind the lowered blinds

You could hear kisses.

Then a voice saying: “Leon!

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

Then a voice saying: “Leon!

To … talk, take off your eyeglasses!”

An old gentleman passing by,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

An old gentleman passing by,

Screams: "But it seems like it's

My wife with a guy!

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

My wife with a guy!

“I'm going on the tarmac.

But I slipped on the wet ground,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

But I slipped on the wet ground,

Crack!

he's crushed.

From the cab a 'dam' comes out and says:

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

From the cab a 'dam' comes out and says:

“Nice, Leon!

It is my husband !

There's no need for us to hide anymore,

Cahin, caha,

Hu, dia, hop there!

There's no need to hide anymore.

Give a hundred sous to the coachman!

"