Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera [English translation]

My little one, my very little baby,

you pull yourself across the carpet.

You are beginning to despair

from being always seated.

You spend your time thinking.

You would have so many things to say

if you knew how to speak, but that will come.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Grandpa said that to your dad

who passed it on to me.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

And when you will soon learn

Latin, mathematics,

or quantum theory

as part of atomic physics,

at times you will not understand a word of it.

Do not rely on your boyfriends

and even much less on the Holy Spirit.

No, help yourself and heaven will help you.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Grandpa said that to your dad

who passed it on to me.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

And your father, as I recall,

was afraid to confess his love to me.

So I prayed to heaven

to help him out.

Suddenly it began to rain—

he led me away to find a shelter.

I am still in that tonight

and for my entire life.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Grandpa said that to your dad

who passed it on to me.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

Grandpa said that to your dad

who passed it on to me.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

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• Artist:Petula Clark