Quand j'tais chez mon pre,
apprenti pastoureau,
il m'a mis dans la lande,
pour garder les troupiaux
Troupiaux, troupiaux,
je n'en avais gure
Troupiaux, troupiaux,
je n'en avais biaux
Mais je n'en avais gure,
je n'avais qu'trois agneaux;
et le loup de la plaine
m'a mang la plus biau
Troupiaux, troupiaux,

Il tait si vorace
n'a laiss que la piau,
n'a laiss que la queue,
pour mettre mon chapiau
Troupiaux, troupiaux,

Mais des os de la bte
me fis un chalumiau
pour jouer la fte,
la ft' du hamiau
Troupiaux, troupiaux,

Pour fair' danser l'village,
dessous le grandormiau,
et les jeun's et les vieilles,
les pieds dan les sabiots
Troupiaux, troupiaux,

When I lived with my father
When I lived with my father
as an apprentice shepherd,
he sent me to the moor
to look after the sheep
Sheep, sheep,
I had but a few
Sheep, sheep,
I had none that were bonny

No, I had but a few,
I had but three lambs;
and the wolf from the plain
ate the finest of those
Sheep, sheep,

He was so ravenous
he left only the pelt,
he left only the tail
to put on my hat
Sheep, sheep,

But the bones of the animal
made me pipe
to play at the fair,
at the village fair
Sheep, sheep,

So the village could dance
beneath the great elm,
young women and old
with clogs on their feet
Sheep, sheep,