Le Feutre taupé [English translation]

He wore a taupe felt hat

He spoke in onomatopoeia

He drank frappes

With straws

He was very gangly

He smoked perfumed Camels

He walked with synchronised* steps

Down Raspail Boulevard

He followed unknowns

Every evening along the streets

To tell them ingenuously

Doubi, doubi, doubi, douba

He wore a taupe felt hat

He spoke in onomatopoeia

He drank frappes

With straws

He was very imprudent

Because he always risked getting run over

He fled with apologies

While the people said as they moved away

He wore a taupe felt hat

He spoke in onomatopoeia

He drank frappes

With straws

He was very gangly

He smoked perfumed Camels

He walked with synchronised* steps

Down Raspail Boulevard

He followed an unknown woman

Speaking to her with an emotional air

And look what I've remembered

Doubi, doubi, doubi, douba

She was very interested

She let herself be very very quickly invited

To get a good frappe

With straws

She pleased him greatly

When she spoke he didn't dare make another move

She laughed at his astonishment

But let herself be courted because really. . .

She liked his taupe felt hat

His speaking with onomatopoeia

And also drinking frappes

With straws

She was platinum blonde

She was strongly perfumed

And assumed a detached air

A mobster air

When he said to her "Darling

You're the woman of my life"

Adding these kind words

Doubi, doubi, doubi, douba

Later they got married

This made a crazy household

Who strolled with synchronised steps

Down Raspail Boulevard

One has to see them in a cafe

At the counter drinking frappes

Coffees, frappes

With straws.

• Artist:Charles Aznavour