What follows is a transcription of the (extremely silly) lyrics of La Mer.
I felt that anyone who doesn’t speak French might appreciate a transcription
And translation. It’s awfully silly, and I enjoy it, even though the Butcher’s
French is neither the greatest, nor is his accent all that great. 🙂
NB I left out the accents.
La mer viens dedans
La mer va d’hors
Tous les petits poissons habitent dans la mer
C’est vrai, tu sait
La mer c’est bleu
Et les poissons sont vert
La mer c’est bleu
Et les poissons sont vert
C’est vrai, c’est un fait
Et
CHORUS:
Tous le monde va a la plage
Parce qu’il est bien joli
Et tous le monde s’amusait bien a la plage
Les elephants sont gris
Et la mer c’est bleu
La mer c’est bleu
Et les elephants sont gris
Mais que-ce qu’il ya des elephants ici?
La mer c’est bleu
Et les elephants souvent
Les elephants souvent ils vont en vacance
Les elephants font les vacances comme tous le monde
Mais
(chorus)
Comme ca!
Et les elephants ils vont
Ils vont en bateau
Le bateau ne marche pas
C’est trop petit
Les elephants tombe dans la mer
Mais les elephants se nagent jusqu’a la plage
Les elephants se nagent jusqu’a la plage
Les elephants ils sont sauves
Et
(chorus)
Which translates to (roughly) —
The sea comes (something)
The sea goes outside
All the little fish live in the sea
It’s true, you know
The sea is blue
And the fish are green
The sea is blue
And the fish are green
It’s true, it’s a fact
And
Everyone goes to the beach
Because it is really nice (fun, etc)
And everyone has a lot of fun at the beach
The elephants are grey
And the sea is blue
The sea is blue
And the elephants are grey
But what is there to do with elephants here?
The sea is blue
And the elephants often
The elephants often go on vacation
The elephants go on vacation like everyone
But
(chorus)
Like that!
And the elephants, they go
They go in a boat
The boat doesn’t work
It’s too small
The elephants fall in the sea
But the elephants swim to the beach
The elephants swim to the beach
The elephants are saved
And
(chorus)