Hello Mister Sam

[Verse 1]

Sur sa vieille charrette

Il grattait tout en roulant

Son banjo fait pour les fetes

De la Nouvelle Orleans

Et toute une foule

Le suivait gaiement

Des p'tits et des grands

Entre trois et cent dix ans

[On his old cart

He was stumming away while driving

His banjo made for partys

From New Orleans

And all the crowd

Was following him happily

Kids and elders

From three to a hundred and ten years old]

[Chorus]

Hello Mister Sam

Tu joues comme un fou

Hello Mister Sam

Ta musique est pour nous

It's all right

It's all right

Ca nous tient debout

Oh... oh...

Avec ton sourire

En forme de croissant

Tu prends les enfants

Au soleil de tes dents

It's all right

It's all right

Tout l'monde est content

Oh... oh... oh... oh

[Hello Mister Sam

You play like a crazy man

Hello Mister Sam

Your music is for us

It's all right

It's all right

It holds us stand up

Oh... oh... 

With your smile

In a croissant shape

You take children

With the sun on your teeth

It's all right

It's all right

Everyone is happy

Oh... oh... oh... oh]

[Verse 2]

Et meme les chiens

Le suivaient en aboyant

... Jusqu'au fleuve ancien

Qui swignait en avalant

Sa voix de rocaille

Vieille comme le temps

Tout finissait bien

Dans ce film en noir et blanc

[Even the dogs

Were following him barking

... Till the old river

That was swinging swallowing

His rocky voice

As old as time

All was ending well

In this black and white movie]

[Verse 3]

Hello Mister Sam

Derriere ton banjo

Il y a des tam tam

Des trompettes des saxos

It's all right

It's all right

Oui c'est ca qui est beau

Au bout du chemin

On a l'impression

Qu'on va s'envoler

Par-dessus l'horizon

It's all right

It's all right

Oui c'est ca qui est bon

Oh... oh... oh... oh

[Hello Mister Sams

Behind your banjo

There are tamtams

Some trumpets and saxos

It's all right

It's all right

Yes, that's what is beautiful

At the end of the road

We have the impression

That we will fly

Over the horizon

It's all right

It's all right

Yes, that's what is good

Oh... oh... oh... oh]

[Chorus][x2]

[Outro]

Hello Mister Sam