Le galérien [English translation]

I remember, my mother loved me

and I am in the galleys.

I remember, my mother said,

but I did not believe my mother:

Do not trailed in the streams,

fights with you not as a wild,

have fun not like birds.

She said to me to be wise.

I have not killed, I have not stolen,

I just wanted a chance,

I have not killed, I have not stolen,

I just wanted that every day is Sunday.

I remember, my mother was crying

as i walked through the door,

I remember as she wept,

she wanted not that i leave.

Always, always she said,

you're not going among girls,

therefore do not always what pleases you, in the prisons

are grids.

I have not killed, I have not stolen,

but I thought Madeleine,

I have not killed, I have not stolen,

I wanted him not fair'of penalty.

One day the soldiers of the king

take you to galleys,

you're going to leave three by three

as they have taken your father.

you will have a shaven head,

we will put the chains,

you will have damaged kidney

i will die of penalty.

I have not killed, I have not stolen,

but I have not believed my mother.

And I remember that she loved me,

during that i ream the galleys

• Artist:Yves Montand