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Can anyone here speak/read Quebec French?

>>> Mon cher ami prend garde, prend garde a ton cruchon, la glin glou glon
My dear friend beware, be careful with your jug


>>> Car si tu t’y enivres, on t’mettra en prison,
Because if you get drunk, they'll put you in jail.

>>>La Bibournoise


>>>Car si tu t’y enivres, on t’mettra en prison
Because if you get drunk, they'll put you in jail.

>>>Tout au fond de la cave, tonneaux pour compagnons
Down in the basement/cellar, kegs as companions

>>> Si les barriques défoncent, t’en auras au menton
If the kegs burst, it will be up to your chin

>>> Tu devras boire la tasse, pour y toucher au fond
You'll have to drink your cup, to touch the bottom

Le plancher de la cave, est en quartiers d’jambon
>>> The basement floor is made of ham quarters

>>> Les murs de la cave, sont des rôtis d’mouton
The basement walls are made of lamb roast.

>>> Les battants de la trappe, sont des cuisses de dindons
The cellar shutters are made of turkey legs

>>> Faudra pout t’en sortir, dix verges de saucissons
To get out, it will take 10 yards of sausage

>>> A cinq a six bonhommes, pour te tirer du fond
With 5 to 6 men, to pull you out from the deep

>>> Le Bibournoise, sont-ce des pois des bines
The Bibournoise, aren't those peas, beans,

>>> Des fèves du lard et d’l’oignon,
beans in lardand onions

>>>N’y a-t-il pas le glin glou glon, bon bon bon,
Isn't there the "glin glou glon", good good good

("glin glou glon": phonetic sounds for the sake of the song... typically Quebecois in style. Kinda like jazz singers that use their voices for sounds)

>>> bon. bon, bon, darion darion darion, bon
good, good, good. "darion darion darion," good

("darion darion darion": a variation on a small pastry... also used for some sort of phonetic rhythm)

>>> Ho ! La Gargarançonne Bibournoise, bon bon,
Oh! The "Gargarançonne Bibournoise", good good.

>>> Faisons le saut de la Gargarançonne Bibournoise.
Let's do the "Gargarançonne Bibournoise" jump.
 

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