C’est l’aviron

(Phonetic)

1. Mah(n) ruh-veh-nah(n) duh lah zhoh-lee Roh-shel-luh, (x 2)
Zhay rah(n)-koh(n)-tray trwah zhoh-lee deh-mwah-zehl-luh.

Refrain (x 2)
Say lah-vee-roh(n), kee noo meh-nuh, kee noo meh-nuh, Say lah-vee-roh(n), kee noo mehn nah(n) oh.

2. Zhay pweh(n) shwah-zee may zhay pree lah plu behl-luh, (x 2)
Zhlwee fee moh(n)-tay deh-ryehr mwah sur mah sehl-luh.

Refrain (x 2)

3. Zhuh lay meh-nay oh loh-zhee duh soh(n) peh-ruh. (x 2)
Kah(n) tehl fu lah, ehl bu-vay ah plehn veh-ruh.

Refrain (x 2)

4. Ah lah sah(n)-tay duh soh(n) pehr ay sah meh-ruh, (x 2)
Ah lah sah(n)-tay duh say seuhr ay say freh-ruh.

Refrain (x 2)

5. Ah lah sah(n)-tay duh say seuhr ay say freh-ruh. (x 2)
Ah lah sah(n)-tay duh slwee kuh soh(n) keuhr eh-muh.

Refrain (x 2)

(En Français)

1. M’en revenant de la jolie Rochelle (x 2)
J’ai rencontré trois jolies demoiselles.

Refrain (x 2)
C’est l’aviron qui nous mène, qui nous mène, C’est l’aviron qui nous mène en haut.

2. J’ai point choisi mais j’ai pris la plus belle. (x 2)
J’lui t monter derrière moi sur ma selle.

Refrain (x 2)

3. Je l’ai menée au logis de son père. (x 2)
Quand elle fut là, elle buvait à pleines verres.

Refrain (x 2)

4. À la santé de son père et sa mère. (x 2) À la santé de ses sœurs et ses frères.

Refrain (x 2)

5. À la santé de ses sœurs et ses frères. (x 2)
À la santé de c’lui que son cœur aime.

Refrain (x 2)

It’s Rowing

1. As I returned from lovely La Rochelle (x 2)
I encountered three pretty young ladies.

Refrain (x 2)
It’s rowing that takes us, that takes us,
It’s rowing that takes us upstream.

2. I didn’t choose, I simply took the prettiest. (x 2)
I put her up on my saddle.

Refrain (x 2)

3. I took her to her father’s home. (x 2)
When she arrived, she drank glass after glass.

Refrain (x 2)

4. To the health of her father and her mother, (x 2)
To the health of her sisters and her brothers.

Refrain (x 2)

5. To the health of her sisters and her brothers, (x 2)
To the health of the one her heart desires.

Refrain (x 2)