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Translation
We're in Québec here
This is the story of little Kevin Tremblay
Who goes around Lac Saint-Jean
With his new mounted Civic
And his fifteen-year-old girlfriend.
Sleeping around
Front and back1
It's not hot, it's not cold
In summer as in winter
Tour the planet
Forwards and backwards
Only to appear in Jonquière.
Tokébakicitte2
This is the story of Marilou Thibodeau
A big composting enthusiast
Who eats local, vegan and organic
Except when she goes travelling.
Sleeping around
Front and back
It's not hot, it's not cold
In summer as in winter
Tour the planet
Forwards and backwards
And then vote for the Green Party.
Tokébakicitte
This is the story of Joanie Gendron
On an adventure of Occupation Double3
Who says during her audition
"I'm a fucking bundle of trouble".
Sleeping around
Front and back
It's not hot, it's not cold
In summer as in winter
Tour the planet
Forwards and backwards
And then seduce her brother-in-law.
Tokébakicitte
This is the story of Big-arm Joe
Straight out of Nicolet4
Who judges by skin colour
To hand out his tickets.
Sleeping around
Front and back
It's not hot, it's not cold
In summer as in winter
Tour the planet
Forwards and backwards
With the cherries getting on his nerve.
Tokébakicitte
Tequila, Heineken, no time to fool around!5
Sleeping around
Front and back
It's not hot, it's not cold
In summer as in winter
Tour the planet
Forwards and backwards
Both feet in mud
Goes to squat at his mother's
Get rid of the boyfriend and the debts
C'mon, another pint of beer
Put Ti-Cuir6 on the cassette
Loaded like a revolver
Plugged to the internet
Never cleared the land
For what are we proud?
Tokébakicitte
- 1. I can't really preserve the pun in English. The first line is literally "bed to the left, bed to the right" followed by this line, "in front, from the back" - referring to directions as a continuation of left/right, as well as to sexual positions
- 2. Contraction of "on est au Québec ici" - we are in Quebec here - spoken with a strong québécois accent
- 3. A reality TV show where contestants are sent to foreign locations and have to 'find love'.
- 4. The École nationale de police du Québec, the police academy, is located in Nicolet.
- 5. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tequila-heineken-pas-ltemps-dniaiser
- 6. Eric Lapointe, popular Québécois rock singer
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About translator
About footnote 5, I think he's talking about "cherry tops", the rotating lights on top of police cars.