Faut rigoler [English translation]

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

Before the sky collapses on our heads

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

To keep the sky from collapsing down on us

Our ancestors the Gauls

Blonde hair and [their] heads full of wood

Grand mustaches and big hobbyhorses

They never knew how to show refrain.

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

Before the sky collapses on our heads

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

To keep the sky from collapsing down on us

Our ancestors the Gauls

Lived in wooden huts

These druids packed in three-by-three

Under the mistletoe, they sang in full tone

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

Before the sky collapses on our heads

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

To keep the sky from collapsing down on us

Our ancestors the Gauls

They went in droves to Alesia 1

The barbarians were there

For the Gauls, they say, it was a disaster! 2

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

Before the sky collapses on our heads

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

To keep the sky from collapsing down on us

Our ancestors the Gauls

Invented tobacco

And it's because of this stuff

They fought for the pipes in their arms

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

Before the sky collapses on our heads

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

To keep the sky from collapsing down on us

Our ancestors the Gauls

Did something wrong to be a grandfather

But that's why we are here

And why the Gauls do the cha-cha

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

Before the sky collapses on our heads

Someone has to laugh, oh someone has to laugh!

To keep the sky from collapsing down on us (x2)

1. Probably a reference to the Battle of Alesia, which was a Gallic war between the Romans under Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix, the leader of the Gauls.2. Need help on this one too.

• Artist:Henri Salvador
• Album:Le bal des petits monstres