Quand j'?tais chez mon p?re, Apprenti pastoureau, Il m'a mis dans la lande, Pour garder les troupiaux. Troupiaux, troupiaux, Je n'en avais gu?re. Troupiaux, troupiaux, Je n'en avais biaux. Mais je n'en avais gu?re, Je n'avais qu'trois agneaux; Et le loup de la plaine M'a mang? la plus biau. Troupiaux, troupiaux, ... Il ?tait si vorace N'a laiss? que la piau, N'a laiss? que la queue, Pour mettre ? mon chapiau. Troupiaux, troupiaux, ... Mais des os de la b?te Me fis un chalumiau Pour jouer ? la f?te, ? la f?t' du hamiau. Troupiaux, troupiaux, ... Pour fair' danser l'village, Dessous le grandormiau, Et les jeun's et les vieilles, Les pieds dan les sabiots. Troupiaux, troupiaux, ... When i lived with my father When i lived with my father As an apprentice shepherd, He sent me to the moor To look after the sheep. Sheep, sheep, I had but a few. Sheep, sheep, I had none that were bonny. No, i had but a few, I had but three lambs; And the wolf from the plain Ate the finest of those. Sheep, sheep, ... He was so ravenous He left only the pelt, He left only the tail To put on my hat. Sheep, sheep, ... But the bones of the animal Made me pipe To play at the fair, At the village fair. Sheep, sheep, ... So the village could dance Beneath the great elm, Young women and old With clogs on their feet. Sheep, sheep, ...
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