Né dans le Bayou [English translation]

I was born in a swamp side bar

On a night with a slender crescent moon

I learnt to walk in the bottom of a boat

Between the rifle butts

I was born in the bayou…

I can read the future in armadillos’ entrails

Afterwards I wipe the blood on my jeans

I was one of the best in the voodoo school

Of the black magicians of New Orleans

I was born in the bayou…

I was born in the bayou…

I’ve a heart as tough as alligator

The one that’s drying out in the yard

I eat a bit of it

I dance around

They say it’s good for the love-life

I was born in the bayou…

Talking of that, I’m not phenomenal

But I manage to please the girls

I’ve got my swanky duds for the weekend

When Peggy slips on her flimsy dress

I was born in the bayou…

I was born in the bayou…

And I dance, I dance on the land that I love

This land that is won from the mud

And I walk, I walk in the beautiful

Green light of the bayou

And I dance, I dance on the land that I love

This land that is won from the mud

And I walk on, I walk on in the beautiful

Green light of the bayou

I was born in a swamp side bar

On a night with a slender crescent moon

I learnt to walk in the bottom of a boat

Between the rifle butts

I was born in the bayou…

I was born in the bayou…