Monsieur Cannibale [English translation]

Upon seeing him get out of his truck

chasing african butterflies

the cannibals treated him as a spy

they apprehended him right away without a fuss

He tried to talk to them in English

Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese

but upon seeing their jaws

which were opening

he begun to scream in terror:

[Chorus:]

Oh mister cannibal

I don't want to die

mister cannibal

let me go

He showed them his lighter, his pen

his watch and his wife's photos

he sang to them one of Gounod's great arias

even Adamo's songs, to no avail!

He showed them newspapers from Paris

nobody was reacting, either

Despaired he took out magazines

filled with butt-naked girls and said:

(chorus)

When the great chief went through these mags

where he saw all these nude girls, he laughed!

But in his mind an absurd idea

a crazy idea pops up

He dragged himself the guy

to a place where was his harem

who upon seeing the women rushing on him

with so much appetite, he screamed:

(chorus)

For eight days, he remained locked up

and he had to share himself, in vain

and as he wasn't that big to begin with

he lost forty pounds, at least

When the time came when the great chief

gave him to understand by signs, "Go

take your truck and go home!"

The poor man cried: Never!

Mister cannibal

I don't want to leave

mister cannibal

I would rather die

• Artist:Sacha Distel